[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908) › c9.68 # The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c9.68 The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c9.68 - **Language:** English ### [c9.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c9.68) The familiar notion that the sun oversees everything³ appeals in this instance to the simple reasoning power of shepherd folk. A more suitable origin for a shepherd god it is not easy to imagine. They therefore dress him out in shepherd’s clothes, feed him on shepherd’s food, and turn him into a heavenly bell-wether of their flocks. But his real natural history does not seem to me to be very much disguised by the simple-minded fable. We may safely call Pūshan a translucent god. - [Previous: c9.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c9.67) - [Next: c9.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c9.69) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c9.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c9.68) · Pramāṇa