Arəduuī Sūrā Anāhitā
deity water Avestan single tradition · 1
Arəduuī Sūrā Anāhitā is an Avestan water goddess, one of whose epithets was āp (Avestan: 𐬁𐬞, lit. 'water'). She is connected to Api through Api's father, Borysthenēs, who might have been connected to the mantle of beaver skins worn by Arəduuī Sūrā Anāhitā in Avestan scripture.
When
- First attested
- 600 BCE
- Attested period
- -600 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Avestan scripture.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Papaios, Borysthenēs
- syncretized with
- Api
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Api was connected to the Avestan water goddess Arəduuī Sūrā Anāhitā, one of whose epithets was āp (Avestan: 𐬁𐬞, lit. 'water'); the name of Api's father, the aquatic god Borysthenēs, might have meant "place of beavers," thus possibly connecting him to the mantle of beaver skins worn by the latter goddess in Avestan scripture”
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