Abstract
A variety of goddesses appear in the Zoroastrian pantheon. Among them, three goddesses are especially significant -Armaiti, Asi, and Anahita.Armaiti is a member of the Amesa Spentas and is ranked among the highest order of goddesses. Asi is closely connected with the concept of Asa, the core of the thought of Zoroaster himself. In Yast it is recorded that Asi was the love of Zoroaster. Anahita, apparently influenced by the cult of Mesopotamian Mother Goddess, became the most popular object of Iranian faith.The three goddesses have separate origins and are theologicaly distinct. Nonetheless, under the influence of Indo-Iranian folk beliefs, all these goddesses have been viewed as the Earth Mother and as the complements to deities of the sky. Ahura Mazda and Armaiti were regarded as the parents of Gaya Maretan, or the primeval man. Mi∂ra and Anahita formed a pair. Asi was closely associated with Sraosa. These models parallel the dual divinities-Dyavaprthivi-of Rg Veda.
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