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Armaiti (Spenta Armaiti) – goddess of devotion, daughter of Ahura Mazda, one of the seven Amesha Spentas. Her name means “beneficent devotion”, and she is also associated with the earth and the newly dead as one was expected to show devotion to one’s home and to those who had passed from it. Also known as Sepandarmaz who inspires the day of devotion to women celebrated annually in Iran as Sepandarmazgan (also given as espandegan).