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.

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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
syncretized with
Ištar, Anaïtis, Ashi
has aspect
Ardwisur, Anahid

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Sources

wikipedia (2)

Source passages

“Mithra is closely associated with the feminine yazata Aredvi Sura Anahita, the hypostasis of knowledge.”

#3886 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“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).”

#22898 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001