A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s3.23

v1.c8.s3.23

After all it is quite a different spirit that breathes from the magic songs of the Atharvaveda than from the hymns of the Ṛgveda. Here we move in quite a different world. On the one hand the great gods of the sky, who embody the mighty phenomena of Nature, whom the singer glorifies and praises, to whom he sacrifices, and to whom he prays, strong, helpful, some of them lofty beings, most of them friendly gods of life—on the other hand the dark, demoniacal powers,