Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s10.t3.17

v1.c7.s10.t3.17

In the *Vedas*, polytheistic worship is the earliest form of religion. For instance, hill, river, grass and tree on the earth, wind, rain, thunder and lightning in the air, the moon, the sun and stars in the sky, and the like, all were treated as deities. The following are some deities of Nature mentioned in the *Vedas*.