Who is the mysterious female deity whom Ahura Mazda himself invoked to grant him a boon? The one who strikes for gender equality in the male dominated Zoroastrian pantheon. Petitioned for intervention successfully by the mightiest of Persian warriors and emperors; why, even Prophet Zarathushtra himself. The grantor of fertility, prosperity, womb and sperm purification. Devotees, over the centuries, swear to her great efficacy. Honored by one of the longest prayers in the Avesta. Worshipped in dedicated temples and appearing on countless images and coins, not only in Persia, but in several ancient civilizations. The one spoken of in the......