[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925) › v1.c19.s9.1 # The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c19.s9.1 The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c19.s9.1 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s9.1) Not one of the goddesses of the Rigveda, with the doubtful exception of the Dawn, can be said to be of any real importance. Sarasvatī and Pṛthivī have already been mentioned: in the Sūtras Bhūmi also appears, but with little character of any kind, doubtless as a direct expression for the earth goddess. The Rigveda ¹ also celebrates Rātri, 'night', as the sister of the Dawn, and the daughter of heaven. But night is here conceived as the bright starlit night, which fills the valleys and the hills and drives away the darkness, keeping away the wolf and the thief. Night is also a few times invoked together with the dawn as joint goddesses, and their importance such as it is seems derived from her connexion with that goddess. - [Previous: v1.c19.s8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s8.23) - [Next: v1.c19.s9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s9.2) - [Up: v1.c19.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s9.1) · Pramāṇa