The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c7.s1.24

c7.s1.24

Further, there are gods in the Veda—not too many in number—about whose origin we can determine nothing that is either definite or helpful. Either these gods have been obscured totally by later events in their natural history, or they are derived from aboriginal tribes or other foreign sources about which we know nothing at all.