Aredvi Sura Anahita
deity water Zoroastrian single tradition · 2
Aredvi Sura Anahita is a feminine yazata in Zoroastrianism who serves as the hypostasis of knowledge. She is closely associated with the deity Mithra.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Aredvi Sura Anahita is documented in Zoroastrian tradition, which has Indo-Iranian roots and continues to the present.
Relationships
- allied with
- Mithra
- co occurs with
- Apam Napat, Ahura Mazda, Marduk, Shamash
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Mithra is closely associated with the feminine yazata Aredvi Sura Anahita, the hypostasis of knowledge.”
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“In the Aban Yasht, the river yazata is described as "the great spring Ardvi Sura Anahita is the life-increasing, the herd-increasing, the fold-increasing who makes prosperity for all countries" (5.1). She is "wide flowing and healing", "efficacious against the daevas", "devoted to Ahura's lore" (5.1).”
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