The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c9.4

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c9.4

Comparative mythology has influenced these studies profoundly by extending the field and the time within which we may carry on our observations. At the risk of seeming too insistent, let me point out once more, how it has spanned the distance between prehistoric "Father Sky" and the strenuous human personality of the Olympian Zeus of the poets. Now a visit to the Vedic Pantheon brings us into the very workshop where the gods are made.

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