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³ See A. *Weber*, SBA. 1895, 822 ff. Yama means “twin,” and Yamī is a feminine form of Yama. A. *Winter* has attempted a mythological interpretation of the myth in the essay: “Mein Bruder freit um mich” (ZVV. VII, 1897, pp. 172 ff.), where he compares Rv. X, 10, with a Lettic popular song, in which a brother attempts to seduce his sister to incest. *Schroeder* (*Mysterium und Mimus*, pp. 275 ff.). explains the hymn as a drama connected with some rite of fertility. This is certainly wrong. See *Winternitz*, *WZKM* 23, 1909, 118 f. and *Charpentier*, Die Suparṇasage, p. 99.