The Arctic Home in the Vedas c2.15

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Existence of a Circum-polar continent in early times — Probable also in the Inter-glacial period — Milder climate at the time — Necessity of examining Vedic Myths — Difference between Polar and circumpolar characteristics — The precession of the equinoxes used as chronometer in Vedic chronology — Characteristics of the North Pole — The horizontal motion of the celestial hemisphere — Spinning round of the stars without rising or setting — The Sun rising in the South — A day and a night of six months each — Aurora Borealis — Continuous fortnightly moonlight, and long morning dicates a period of total darkness —Similar Greek traditions —Norse Twilight of the Gods —The idea of half-yearly day and night of the Gods thus proved to be not only Indo-Iranian, but Indo-Germanic —A sure indication of an original Polar home. 61