refer to the doctrine of the world's ages as found in other mythologies.
43
One of the sections of the epic Mahabharata is called “Go-Harran”, which signifies “cattle harrying”.
[47] Like the giants and demons of Teutonic mythology, who fought with the gods in the Last Battle.
45
Adolf Kaegi says: “Also Vadha or Vadhar”, which he compares with German, Wetter; O.H. German, Wetar: Anglo-Saxon, Weder; English, Weather. The original word signifying the sudden change in atmospheric conditions caused by the thunderstorm was ultimately applied to all states of the air.
46
Roy's translation of Mahabharata.
47
Like the giants and demons of Teutonic mythology, who fought with the gods in the Last Battle.
48
Like the giants and demons of Teutonic mythology, who fought with the gods in the Last Battle.
49
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, by T. G. Pinches, LL.D.
50
Cosmology of Rigveda, Wallis.
51
Religion of the Ancient Egyptians, Professor A. Wiedemann, p. 137.
53
Cosmology of Rigveda, Wallis.
54
A History of Sanskrit Literature, pp. 106, 107.
55
Rigveda, ii, 53; iii, 55.
56
Teutonic Myth and Legend, pp. 35-9.
57
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, T. G. Pinches, LL.D.
58
An old Germanic name of Odin related to Divus. Odin's descendants were the “Tivar”. (Pronounce Dyaus as one syllable rhiming with mouse.)
59
Rigveda, iv, 18. Wilson, vol. iii, p. 153.
60
The Laws of Manu, ix, 8; p. 329. (Sacred Books of the East, vol. xxv.)
61
Adi Parva, sect. lxxiv of Mahabharata, Roy's translation.
62
See Egyptian Myth and Legend.
63
The Satapatha Brahmana, translated by Professor J. Eggeling, Part I, pp. 369, 373. (Sacred Books of the East, vol. xii.)
64
Arrowsmith's translation.
65
Teutonic Myth and Legend, p. 173.
66
Vana Parva section of Mahăbhărata, sect. xliii, Roy's translation.
71
Rigveda, i, 95. 4, and note, Oldenberg's Vedic Hymns (Sacred Books of the East, vol. xlvi).
72
Teutonic Myth and Legend, pp. 16 and 187-9.
74
Oldenberg, Rigveda, iii, 1.
76
Vedic Hymns, trans. by Oldenberg. (Sacred Books of the East, vol. xlvi.)
77
Rigveda, i, 13 and i, 26 (Oldenberg).
78
Art. “Aryan Religion”, Hastings' Ency. Rel. and Ethics.
79
The air of life = the spirit.
80
Muir's Original Sanscrit Texts, v, 58, ff.
81
Professor Macdonell's A History of Sanskrit Literature.
82
Indian Wisdom, Sir Monier Williams.
83
The Rigveda, by Professor E. Vernon Arnold, p. 16 (Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore).
84
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, by Dr. T. G. Pinches, p. 68.
85
Frazer's “Golden Bough” (Adonis, Attis, Osiris, p. 255, n., third edition).
86
Professor H. W. Hogg, in Professor Moulton's Early Religious Poetry of Persia, p. 37.
87
“The Golden Bough” (Spirits of the Corn and Wild, vol. ii, p. 10).
90
Indian Wisdom, Sir Monier Williams.
91
Indian Wisdom, Sir Monier Williams.
92
Muir's Original Sanskrit Texts, v, 130.
93
See Teutonic Myth and Legend.
94
Kaegi's Rigveda, Arrowsmith's translation. This was apparently a rain charm; its humour was of the unconscious order, of course.
96
Muir, Original Sanskrit Texts, v. 302.
97
Rigveda, x. 51 (Arnold's translation).
98
A History of Sanskrit Literature, p. 117.
99
As was also Manu of a different or later cult.
101
A History of Sanskrit Literature, p. 117.
102
Early Religious Poetry of Persia, Professor J. H. Moulton, p. 42.
103
A History of Sanskrit Literature, Professor Macdonell, p. 68.
106
Satapatha Brahmana, translated by Professor Eggeling, Part IV, 1897, p. 371 (Sacred Books of the East).
107
From Adi Parva section of Mahabharata.
