Animal
Prelude.--The vault of Heaven as a luminous cow.--The gods and goddesses, sons and daughters of this cow.--The vault of Heaven as a spotted cow.--The sons and daughters of this cow, _i.e._ the winds, Marutas, and the clouds, Priçnayas.--The wind-bulls subdue the cloud-cows.--I...
Prelude.--The vault of Heaven as a luminous cow.--The gods and goddesses, sons and daughters of this cow.--The vault of Heaven as a spotted cow.--The sons and daughters of this...
2. CHAPTER II.The horse, favourite animal of the solar hero.--Attributes of the Vedic solar hero.--Animals which draw the Vedic gods.--The Açvinâu sons of a mare.--The mule, the ass, and the...
3. CHAPTER III.Glory has been pernicious to the ass.--The purely stupid ass not an ancient belief in India.--Eastern and Western asses; the ass of an inferior quality pays the penalty of the r...
6. Chapter I. the apple-tree, the fruit of which, when eaten, causes hornsto sprout. It is well-known that in Greek, _mêlon_ means a goat and an apple-tree, as the Hindoo masculine noun _petvas_, which means a ram, is in the neuter _petvam_ = ambrosia...
4. iv. 37, 11, the gandharvas, a class of gods, who are described ashairy, like dogs and monkeys, but as assuming a handsome appearance to seduce the affections of earthly females, are implored to desist from this unbecoming practice, and not to...
5. CHAPTER IV.The sun-shepherd, and the sun-lamb, ram, or goat.--The dark-coloured he-goat.--The goat-moon.--Agas; explanation given by Professor Bréal; the Finnic aija.--Meshas; she-goat, ra...