Vedic Mythology c5.s2.t5.4

c5.s2.t5.4

The brilliance of the Maruts is constantly referred to. They are golden, of sun-like brightness, like blazing fires, of ruddy aspect (6, 66²; 7, 59¹¹; 8, 7⁷). They shine like tongues of fire (10, 78³). They have the form or the brilliance of Agni (10, 84¹; 3, 26⁵), with whom they are compared in brightness (10, 78²). They are like fires (2, 34¹) or kindled fires (6, 66²) and are expressly called fires (3, 26⁴). They have the brilliance of serpents (*ahibhānavaḥ*: 1, 172¹). They shine in the mountains (8, 7¹). They are self-luminous (1, 37² &c.), an epithet almost exclusively applied to them. They are frequently spoken of in a more general way as shining and brilliant (1, 165¹² &c.).