Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 13.5.2.18

13.5.2.18

athādhvaryurhotāram pṛcati ka īmare piśaṅgileti tam pratyāhājāre piśañgileti

The Adhvaryu then asks the Hotri (ib. 55), 'Who, pray, is the tawny one (pisaṅgilâ)? [who is the kurupisaṅgilâ? who moveth in leaps? who creepeth along the path?]' and he replies (ib. 56), 'The tawny one is the uncreated (night); [the kurupisaṅgilâ is the porcupine; the hare moveth in leaps; the snake creepeth along the path].'