Aredvi Sura Anahita (Avestan: 'the moist, mighty, immaculate one') is the great yazata of all waters, fertility, and purification, celebrated in the Aban Yasht (Yasht 5), which describes her as a mighty river descending from Mount Hukairya, source of all the waters on earth. She is depicted as a beautiful, strong maiden wearing a golden crown with eight rays and a hundred stars, driving a chariot drawn by four horses: wind, rain, cloud, and sleet. Warriors, kings, and even Zarathustra himself invoke her blessings in the Aban Yasht for victory, offspring, and the purification that waters alone can bestow. As guardian of Haurvatat's domain (the waters), Anahita embodies the Zoroastrian conviction that the material elements are sacred creations of Ahura Mazda, each requiring active protection from the defilements of Druj.