The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c41.s2.6
The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c41.s2.6
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v2.c41.s2.6
The second motif is the belief that men are sprung from a primeval creature of bi-sexual character. This idea can be traced in Teutonic mythology in legends of Tuisto, Ymir, Tveggi, in the Doias of Phrygia, in Prajāpati and Puruṣa¹ in India, and in Zrvān in Iran, while the Yama legend shows the variant by which a twin sister is given to the primeval man, in order to explain the origin of man, a conception found also in Iran in the legends of Yimak, Manušak, and Mašyānīk.