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¹ *Ved. Myth.* iii. 1–51. He denies the identity of Asura and Ahura Mazdāh, but this is a hopeless idea; above, Part I, Chap. 4, § 1. For the seven whence Mitra’s nature as this sun (*Les Indo-Européens*, pp. 172 ff.). He sees a triad in India, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, parallel to Ahura Mazdāh, Mithra, Anāhita, and thinks the number seven connected with the seven spirits of good and evil, Igigi and Anunnaki. gods of Babylon and the seven planets see also Jeremias in Roscher’s *Lexicon*, iii. 67. The Ameša Spenta are discussed by Moulton, *Early Zoroastrianism*, pp. 73 ff., 96 ff., 296 ff.; L. Gray, *Archiv f. Relig.* vii. 345–72; B. Geiger, *Die Ameša Spentas* (1916); L. von Schroeder, *Arische Religion*, i. 430 ff.