Kudos to Berjis Desai for foraying into antiquity as well as contemporary Parsi history in "The cult of a Zoroastrian goddess” (Parsiana, June 21-July 6, 2023). I am well aware of how complicated this topic is as I have studied it and even written a research article on it in the centennial issue of The K. R. Cama Oriental Institute Journal.
Goddess Anahita on a vase
Both Zoroastrians as well as non-Zoroastrians in Asia Minor were so greatly attracted to the Greek goddess of water and fertility that it posed a problem to the integrity of Persian rule......