In the younger Avesta, Ashi is unambiguously a divinity, particularly so in the hymn ("Yasht" 17) dedicated to her. This hymn also contains older material, and many of the verses of "Yasht" 17 are also found in "Yasht" 5, the hymn nominally invoking "the Waters" (Aban), but actually addressed to Aredvi Sura Anahita. Both Aredvi Sura and Ashi are divinities of fertility, but other verses that have martial characteristics (see below) appear out of place in a hymn to "the Waters".