Vedic Mythology c13.1

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Aborigines of India 153, 157. agricultural implements deified 155. Ahura 156; — Mazda 20, 28, 32, 45, 68. alter ego 173. Ameṣa spentas 28. Amṣaspands 40. agent gods § 38 (115—118). ἄγγελος 143. ancestors 141, 142, 170. ancestor-worship 4. animal-sacrifice 154. animals, mythological § 59—64 (147—153); noxious § 64 (152—3); symbolical 148. anthropomorphism 17, 88, 91, 104, 148; degrees of — 2. ants 153, 165. Apāṁ napāt 68, 70. ape 163. archer 116, 119, 137; as a designation of Agni 89. archers 74, 79. Ardvī-śūra 113. Ārmaiti 121. armour 155. arrows deified 155. Aryan 161. Āryans 157. Āryas and Dāsas 157, 159. ascetic 134. ass 151; — of the Aśvins 50. àsu 114. asura-slaying 103. Ātar 7, 141. āthravan 141. Āthwya 8, 43, 68, 114. atmospheric gods 54—86. attributes transferred 127. AUFRECHT 173. Aurora 8, 49. avatār of Viṣṇu 41. Avesta 7, 20, 27, 28, 30, 31, 37, 40, 45, 49, 66, 68, 70, 87, 113, 114, 117, 124, 127, 136, 137, 139, 141, 152, 156, 159, 164, 169, 172, 173; its relation to Vedic mythology § 5 (7—8). axe, of Brahmaṇas pati 116; of Tvaṣṭṛ 116. Azhi 152; — dahāka 68.