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AHURAS
In later Zoroastrianism rather the term Yazatas is used which is already used in the Gathas, the oldest texts of Zoroastrianism and believed to have been composed by Zoroaster himself. However, in the original sense yazata is used in these hymns, as a generic, applied to God as well as to the "divine sparks," that in later tradition are the Amesha Spentas. In the Gathas, the yazatas are effectively what the daevas are not, that is, the yazatas are to be worshiped while the daevas are to be rejected.
Of all these entities, Anahita and Mithra are certainly the most important, forming a triad when joined with Ahura Mazda.
| Anahita | female | The great water goddess | She is the 'Great Goddess' of the Sky. She is the divinity of 'the Waters' (Aban) and hence associated with fertility, healing and wisdom. |
| Mithra | male | The god of light | He is the patron divinity of honesty, friendship, contracts and meetings. Furthermore, he is the guradian of the souls after death. |
| Ahurani | female | The water goddess | She watches over rainfall as well as standing water. She was invoked for health, healing, prosperity, and growth. She is either the wife or the daughter of the great god of creation and goodness, Ahura Mazda. Her name means "She who belongs to Ahura". |
| Hvare Khshaeta | male | The "brightly shining" sun | The Avestan term hvar derives from the Indo-Iranian root *svar "to shine," from which Vedic Sanskrit Surya (Sun) is derived. |
| Mah | male | The moon | The moon was the tutelary divinity of the Iranian expatriates residing in Asia Minor. |
| Tishtrya | male | The star Sirius | He is a rain god. |
| Vanant | male | The star Vega | ... |
| Druvaspa | female | "possessing sound horses" | She is closely associated with Geush Urvan. |
| Verethraghna | male | "smiting of resistance" | He is the yazata of victory. |
| Vayu | male | "wind" | He the yazata of the wind. |
| Ashi | female | "reward, recompense" | She is a female yazata of abundance and fertility. |
| Arshtat | female | "reward, recompense" | She is a female yazata personifying justice, the companion of Mithra; |
| Khvarenah | male | "splendor" | He is a yazata personifying an igneous and luminous energy, seen as a vital force, and the bearer of success and fortune, traditionally linked with royalty. |
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