The Role of Ashī in Ancient Iran
Subject Areas : Mytho
1 - دانشجوی دکتری فرهنگ و زبانهای باستانی دانشگاه آزاداسلامی ـ واحد علوم و تحقیقات
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.
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