Axtya
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Axtya
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In Zoroastrian mythology, Axtya, also spelt Akhtya or Axt, is an evil sorcerer and an opponent of the religion, known for killing those who were not able to answer his riddles. There is a mention of him in the Avesta, where the hero Yōišta of the Fryāna family performs a sacrifice to the goddess Aredvi Sura Anahita, who grants him the boon of being able to answer Axtya's 99 questions. This story is elaborated at greater length in the mediaeval Pahlavi text Mādayān ī Yōšt ī Friyān. There Axtya th
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