Nana was an ancient Eastern Iranian goddess worshiped by Bactrians, Sogdians and Chorasmians, as well as by non-Iranian Yuezhi, including Kushans, as the...

in Bangkok Nana (Greek mythology), a Phrygian demigoddess and the mother of Attis Nana (Kushan goddess), a Bactrian war goddess Nane (goddess), also found...

of an ancient hidden secret written on a Sumerian tablet. Gala Nana (Bactrian goddess) Star of Ishtar Descent of Inanna into the Underworld /ɪˈnɑːnə/;...

archaeologist Viktor Sarianidi. The hoard found there is often known as the Bactrian gold. The hoard is a collection of about 20,600 ornaments, coins and other...

adorations scenes for the goddess Nana, who stand centrally on a lion throne. Charred wooden gate, decorated with Goddess Nana and worshippers. Kafir-kala...

Empire (c. 30–c. 375 AD) was a syncretic empire formed by the Yuezhi in the Bactrian territories in the early 1st century. It spread to encompass much of what...

agent since prehistoric times. Scholars have linked Hinglaj to the Bactrian goddess Nana, worshipped among the Parthian, Saka, and Kushan peoples. Brighenti...

antiquated transcription: "Nanâ"; in Greek: Ναναια or Νανα; Imperial Aramaic: נני, Classical Syriac: ܢܢܝ) was a Mesopotamian goddess of love closely associated...

Colchis). Khwarezm was largely independent during the Seleucid, Greco-Bactrian and Arsacid dynasties. Numerous fortresses were built, and the Khwarazm...

Yuen, Z. X.; Pan, G. W. (1 July 1985). "Semen-induced ovulation in the Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus)". Reproduction. 74 (2). Bioscientifica: 335–339...

four-armed deity is a Sogdian goddess worshipped in their Zoroastrian cult, whose name is Nanâ, or Nanaia, the goddess originated from Mesopotamia. Frantz...

coalition. Afghanistan also served as the source from which the Greco-Bactrians and the Mughals, among others, rose to form major empires. Because of...

Silver bowl from Khwarezm depicting a four-armed goddess seated on a lion, possibly Nana. Dated 658, British Museum....

cut off the head of Patil of Otur unless the Peshwa afforded them redress. Nana Phadnavis who was a minister in the Maratha Confederacy declared that he...

(L. pacos) Vicuña (L. vicugna) Camelus Domestic Bactrian camel (C. bactrianus) Dromedary/Arabian camel (C. dromedarius) Wild Bactrian camel (C. ferus)...

Bunjikat wall painting of goddess Nana, 8th-9th century....

Empire in the north and north-east of the subcontinent, while the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom would claim the north-west and found the Indo-Greek Kingdom. Various...

other communities, many worship the goddess Vihat, who uses a male water buffalo as her Vahana. Also, the goddess Varahi in Indian culture is shown to...

from Central Asia. In the 2nd century BC the Yuezhi destroyed the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom and supplanted it with the Kushan Empire, under which Buddhism...

blackbuck is considered to be the vehicle of the Hindu goddess Korravai. In Rajasthan, the goddess Karni Mata is believed to protect the blackbuck. In the...

fertility). Other deities occasionally shown with ram features include the goddess Ishtar, the Phoenician god Baal-Hamon, and the Babylonian god Ea-Oannes...

hippopotamus and fights Horus for control of the land, but is defeated. The goddess Tawaret is depicted as a pregnant woman with a hippo head, representing...

Broadcasting. Retrieved 4 November 2021. Jacobson, Esther (2018). The Deer Goddess of Ancient Siberia: A Study in the Ecology of Belief. Brill Academic Publishers...

the central figure might be the ruler of Samarkand Varkhuman or the goddess Nana. However, as the Turks are guiding the envoys but are not themselves...

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relationship of Yahweh/El (God) and Asherah, a Semitic, nature-oriented goddess whose essence was later integrated into Judaism. The Biblical heroine Yael's...

of the 5th century named Ularg, who bore the similar title "Afshiyan" (Bactrian script: αφϸιιανο). From the 5th to the 7th century CE, Ushrusana was part...

literature – Ben-Hur – Lew Wallace; Workers in the Dawn – George Gissing; Nana – Émile Zola; The Brothers Karamazov – Fyodor Dostoevsky. Birth of Andrei...

line of kings: Phrastōr, Amyntōr, Teutamides and Nanas (kings of Pelasgiotis in Thessaly). During Nanas's reign, the Pelasgians were driven out by the Greeks...

are among the most important of Sogdian art. Bunjikat wall painting of goddess Nana, 8th-9th century. "Romulus and Remus" scene from Bunjikat. Warrior demon...