The “Golden Age” of the gods, and the regeneration of the world after Ragnarok, do not refer to the doctrine of the world's ages as found in other mythologies.
41
Lay Morals.
42
2 Kings, v, 18.
43
One of the sections of the epic Mahabharata is called “Go-Harran”, which signifies “cattle harrying”.
[47] Like the giants and demons of Teutonic mythology, who fought with the gods in the Last Battle.
Adolf Kaegi says: “Also Vadha or Vadhar”, which he compares with German, Wetter; O.H. German, Wetar: Anglo-Saxon, Weder; English, Weather. The original word signifying the sudden change in atmospheric conditions caused by the thunderstorm was ultimately applied to all states of the air.
46
Roy's translation of Mahabharata.
47
Like the giants and demons of Teutonic mythology, who fought with the gods in the Last Battle.
48
Like the giants and demons of Teutonic mythology, who fought with the gods in the Last Battle.
49
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, by T. G. Pinches, LL.D.
50
Cosmology of Rigveda, Wallis.
51
Religion of the Ancient Egyptians, Professor A. Wiedemann, p. 137.
52
Rigveda, iv, 34. 9.
53
Cosmology of Rigveda, Wallis.
54
A History of Sanskrit Literature, pp. 106, 107.
55
Rigveda, ii, 53; iii, 55.
56
Teutonic Myth and Legend, pp. 35-9.
57
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, T. G. Pinches, LL.D.
58
An old Germanic name of Odin related to Divus. Odin's descendants were the “Tivar”. (Pronounce Dyaus as one syllable rhiming with mouse.)
59
Rigveda, iv, 18. Wilson, vol. iii, p. 153.
60
The Laws of Manu, ix, 8; p. 329. (Sacred Books of the East, vol. xxv.)
61
Adi Parva, sect. lxxiv of Mahabharata, Roy's translation.
62
See Egyptian Myth and Legend.
63
The Satapatha Brahmana, translated by Professor J. Eggeling, Part I, pp. 369, 373. (Sacred Books of the East, vol. xii.)
64
Arrowsmith's translation.
65
Teutonic Myth and Legend, p. 173.
66
Vana Parva section of Mahăbhărata, sect. xliii, Roy's translation.
67
Rigveda, v, 2.
68
Rigveda, i, 95.
69
Rigveda, iv, 6. 8.
70
Rigveda, iii, 23. 3.
71
Rigveda, i, 95. 4, and note, Oldenberg's Vedic Hymns (Sacred Books of the East, vol. xlvi).
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