Vedic Mythology c5.s3.t2.29

c5.s3.t2.29

Agni is occasionally identified with other gods, especially with Varuṇa and Mitra³³ (2, 1⁴; 3, 5⁴; 7, 12³). He is Varuṇa when he goes to the sacrifice (10, 85). He is Varuṇa when he is born and Mitra when he is kindled (5, 3¹). Agni in the evening becomes Varuṇa, rising in the morning he becomes Mitra; becoming Savitṛ he traverses the air, becoming Indra he illumines the sky in the midst (AV. 13, 3¹³). In one passage of the RV. (2, 1³⁻⁷) he is successively identified with about a dozen gods besides five goddesses. He assumes various divine forms (3, 38⁷) and has many names (3, 20³). In him are comprehended all the gods (5, 3¹), whom he surrounds as a felly the spokes (5, 13⁶).