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Vintage Embossed Copper Wall Decoration of the Goddess Anahit, Armenian Mythology
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Vintage Embossed Copper Wall Decoration of the Goddess Anahit, Armenian Mythology
Antique vintage embossed copper wall decoration made in Armenia in the Soviet era 1970s or even early in the 1960s which could evokes the goddess Anahit from the old Armenian mythology.
Anahit was the goddess of fertility and healing, wisdom and water in Armenian mythology. In early periods she was the goddess of war. By the 5th century BC she was the main deity in Armenia along with Aramazd. The Armenian goddess Anahit is related to the similar Old Persian goddess Anahita. Anahit's worship, most likely borrowed from the Iranians during the Median invasion or the early Achaemenid period, was of paramount significance in Armenia. Artaxias I erected statues of Anahit, and promulgated orders to worship them.
Height 37cm – 14.56in
Width 16.5cm – 6.49in
Weight 320gr
Ref 43B
Antique vintage embossed copper wall decoration made in Armenia in the Soviet era 1970s or even early in the 1960s which could evokes the goddess Anahit from the old Armenian mythology.
Anahit was the goddess of fertility and healing, wisdom and water in Armenian mythology. In early periods she was the goddess of war. By the 5th century BC she was the main deity in Armenia along with Aramazd. The Armenian goddess Anahit is related to the similar Old Persian goddess Anahita. Anahit's worship, most likely borrowed from the Iranians during the Median invasion or the early Achaemenid period, was of paramount significance in Armenia. Artaxias I erected statues of Anahit, and promulgated orders to worship them.
Height 37cm – 14.56in
Width 16.5cm – 6.49in
Weight 320gr
Ref 43B
AM, Yerevan
