ASVINS  , in See also:

• HINDU

Hindu See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, twin deities of See also:

• LIGHT

light . After See also:

• INDRA

Indra, See also:

• AGNI

Agni and See also:

• SOMA (Sanskrit for " pressed juice," from the root su, to press)

Soma, they are the most prominent divinities in the Rig-Veda, and have more than fifty entire See also:

• HYMNS

hymns addressed to them . Their exact attributes are obscure . They appear to be the See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits of See also:

• DAWN (the 16th-century form of the earlier " Jawing " or " dawning," from an old verb " daw," O. Eng. dagian, to become day; cf. Dutch dagen, and Ger. tagen)

dawn, the earliest bringers of light in the See also:

• MORNING

morning See also:

• SKY (M. Eng. skie, cloud; O. Eng. skua, shade; connected with an Indo-European root sku, cover, whence " scum," Lat. obscurus, dark, &c.)

sky; they hasten on in the clouds before Dawn and prepare the way for her . In some hymns they are called sons of the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun; in others, See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children of the sky; in others, offspring of the ocean . They are youngest of the gods, See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright lords of lustre, See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey-hued . They are inseparable . The See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole purpose of one hymn is to compare them with different twin See also:

• OBJECTS

objects, such as eyes, hands, feet and wings . They have a See also:

• COMMON

common wife, Surya . They are physicians, protectors of the weak. and old, especially of elderly unmarried See also:

• WOMEN

women . They are the See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends of. lovers, and bless marriages and make them fruitful . See A .

A . See also:

• MACDONELL, JAMES (1841-1879)

Macdonell, Vedic Mythology (See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg, 1897) .