Spenta Armaiti
Spenta Armaiti is a Zoroastrian yazata (angelic divinity), one of the six Amesha Spentas, and the guardian of the earth. The Armenian name for this entity is Spandaramet.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 550 BCE
- Attested period
- -550 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Zoroastrian yazata.
Relationships
- has aspect
- Spandaramet
- child of
- Ahura Mazda
- allied with
- Zam
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Spandaramet (Armenian: Սպանդարամետ) or Sandaramet (Սանդարամետ) was the Armenian name of the Zoroastrian yazata (angelic divinity) Spenta Armaiti, one of the six Amesha Spentas, and the guardian of the earth.”
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“While it has been suggested that Nana's cult in Central Asia flourished because she initially developed through syncretism between her Mesopotamian forerunner and an Iranian goddess, neither textual nor archeological sources support this conclusion. Shenkar states that modern attempts to identify her as a form of Anahita or Spenta Armaiti”
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“In the Zoroastrian calendar, she is associated with the twelfth month (Persian: سپندارمذ Spendārmad) and the fifth day of the month. The fifth day of the twelfth month is hence her holy day, Sepandārmazgān. Sepandārmazgān is an ancient festival to celebrate eternal love.”
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