Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s4.110

v1.c17.s4.110

A comparison, in so extensive a field, would include the whole of their manners and religious opinions, and must be reserved for a distinct work.¹ The Valkyrie [69], or fatal sisters of the Suevi or Siebi, would be the twin sisters of the Apsaras, who summon the Rajput warrior from the field of battle, and bear him to “ the mansion of the sun,” equally the object of attainment with the children of Odin in Scandinavia, and of Budha and Surya in the plains of Scythia and on the Ganges, like the Elysium¹ of the Heliadae of Greece.