The Role of Ashī in Ancient Iran

Subject Areas : Mytho

نغمه حسینی ¹ (دانشجوی دکتری فرهنگ و زبانهای باستانی دانشگاه آزاداسلامی ـ واحد علوم و تحقیقات)

Received: 2015-05-25 Accepted : 2015-05-25 Published : 2010-03-21

Keywords: Zoroastrian, Gathas, Ashī, Divinity, The younger Avesta,

Abstract :

    Ashī is a pre-Zoroastrian divinity. In the Gathas, it is still an abstract concept and not yet a divinity, and implies both material and spiritual recompense. In the younger Avesta, Ashī appears as the goddess of fertility; in the Middle Persian, it is also referred to as aši/arti, (Aši vaηuhī, nominative Ašiš vaηuhī "Good Reward"). The present article tries to study the role of Ashī in ancient Iran.