entity_sources: ENT_ZOR_ANAHITA, SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES, scholarly attestation

2,936 links between entities and the sources that attest them, with evidence type and passage-level notes. The primary evidence layer: every entity classification traces to at least one record here.

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entity_id	source_id	evidence_type	source_note
ENT_ZOR_ANAHITA	SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES	scholarly attestation	Histories 1.131: Herodotus notes the Persians sacrifice to "Aphrodite Ourania" — this is almost certainly the Persian Anahita in Greek interpretatio; later confirmed by Artaxerxes II inscriptions; Herodotus is the earliest Greek source linking Persian religion to an Aphrodite-type figure