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Goddess of fertility, Anahita

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Description

It all goes back to the longest night of the year: Yalda night. Iranian legends are full of meaning and beauty, and the story of Yalda Night is one of them! The world was dark. A cold, long and endless night. Inside a cave in the heart of the Alborz mountains, in absolute darkness, on the longest night of the year, Anahita gave birth to a son whom she named Mehr. Mehr was the enemy of night and cold. The enemy of the dark demon. He was born in winter, but wherever he stepped on the earth, he lit and warmed it so that winter would turn to spring... Mehr fights with the devil from the moment of his birth. A battle between light and darkness; The cold of barrenness and the heat of growth. Ahriman is the cause of drought and natural disasters, and Mehr is the creator of love, life and fertility. Mehr has taught people everything that can be learned, from building a house to growing crops and grazing animals In his youth, Mehr sacrifices a cow on the night of Yalda, and after having a dinner with his companions, he goes to the sky in a four-wheeled chariot. Maybe he becomes the sun and maybe the sun takes light from him. Whatever it is, after Yalda night, the days get longer and the nights get shorter. An image of Anahita, the goddess of fertility and mother of Mehr

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