Ahurani

In the Yasna Haptanghaiti (Yasna 38.4) the ahuranis are invoked in the plural as 'companions of the ahura' and are said to have been created by Ahura Mazda; elsewhere (Younger Avesta, Yasna 68) they appear as the divine personification(s) of the waters. The Avestan name literally means 'partner of the ahura', the feminine suffix -ani indicating companion or wife and linking these water‑divinities to the category of ahura(s).

The Avestan texts provide no concrete anthropomorphic or iconographic description of Ahurani; instead the ahurani(s) are described functionally as the divine presence of water in all its forms—rivers, wells, lakes, seas, snow and rain (Yasna 68.6). Later popular summaries may call Ahurani a 'goddess of water', but primary Avestan sources emphasize domains and roles rather than physical depiction.

According to the Younger Avesta (Yasna 68) the ahurani(s) 'bear gifts of health, prosperity, renown' and are invoked for fertility, long life and a welcome in the radiant abode of the righteous; they are also said to 'enlighten thought, speech and actions' (Yasna 68.4), linking waters with wisdom (mazda). In Yasna contexts they function as ritual recipients of libations (Ab‑Zohr) and as divine manifestations of all freshwater and precipitation.