Vedic Mythology c8.s3.12

c8.s3.12

A lesser group of demons, mentioned about a dozen times in the RV. and frequently in later Vedic texts, are the Arātis¹², a personification of illiberality (*a-rāti*) and, owing to the gender of the word, always feminine. A group of ‘injurious’ demons, the Druhs, both male and female, is referred to about twelve times in the RV. They are Indo-Iranian, their name occurring in the Avesta as *druj* (§ 5, p. 8).