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The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons

Armaiti

(also Aramati) Personification of ‘compliant speech’ (and thereby corresponding to the Vedic → Sarasvati) belonging to the → Ameša Spentas. In the Gathas, Armaiti is closely associated with the earth and offers nourishment to the cow. She is goddess of the earth and hence of fertility, and also of the dead who have ‘gone into’ the earth.

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Armaiti from The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons. ISBN: 0-203-64351-8. Published: 2004–07–15. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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