Anāhitā : a history and reception of the Iranian water goddess / Manya Saadi-nejad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saadi-nejad, Manya, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anahita (Iranian deity).

Anahita.

Mythology, Iranian.

Indo-Europeans--Religion.

Indo-Europeans.

Iran--Religious life and customs.

Iran.

Physical Description:

x, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2021.

Summary:

"Anahita was the most important goddess of pre-Islamic Iran. From her roots as an ancient Indo-European water deity her status was unrivalled by any other Iranian goddess throughout the course of three successive Iranian empires over a period of a thousand years. The first scholarly book on Anahita, this study reconstructs the Indo-European water goddess through a comparison of Celtic, Slavic, Armenian and Indo-Iranian myths and rituals. Anahita's constantly-evolving description and functions are then traced through the written and iconographic records of Iranian societies from the Achaemenid period onwards, including but not limited to the Zoroastrian texts and the inscriptions and artistic representations of the great pre-Islamic Iranian empires. The study concludes by tracing survival of the goddess in Islamic Iran, as seen in new Persian literature and popular rituals. Manya Saadi-nejad demonstrates the close relationship between Iranian mythology and that of other Indo-European peoples, and the significant cultural continuities from Iran's pre-Islamic period into the Islamic present." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Goddesses In The Ancient World

2. Indo-European Water Goddesses

3. Ar[∂]duui Sura Anahita in the Avesta

4. Other Iranian Goddesses: Comparisons With Anahita

5. Anahita: A Composite Goddess

6. Anahita In The Historical Period

7. Anahita In The Pahlavi Texts

8. Traces Of Anahita In Islamic Iran.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Saadi-nejad, Manya. Anahita.

ISBN:

9781838601591

1838601597

9781838601119

1838601112

OCLC:

1222798291

Publisher Number:

99989376574