Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purānic . atisfy. * Bright goddess, let thy genial raysTo us bring store of envied wealthIn kine and steeds, and sons, with health,And joy of heart, and length of days. In the later writings we find merely the name ofUshas. The people lost much of their poetic fire ;hence the more human and practical deities caused themore poetical ones to pass into oblivion. Some ofthe figures in the preceding extracts are most beauti-fully drawn. The changing colours of the dawn arecompared to the many-coloured robes of the dancinggirl; the golden tipped clouds that appear ere the
Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purānic . atisfy. * Bright goddess, let thy genial raysTo us bring store of envied wealthIn kine and steeds, and sons, with health,And joy of heart, and length of days. In the later writings we find merely the name ofUshas. The people lost much of their poetic fire ;hence the more human and practical deities caused themore poetical ones to pass into oblivion. Some ofthe figures in the preceding extracts are most beauti-fully drawn. The changing colours of the dawn arecompared to the many-coloured robes of the dancinggirl; the golden tipped clouds that appear ere the sunshines in his strength, are like the jewels of a bride deck-ed for her husband ; whilst the quiet modesty of thedawn herself is like a shy maiden, conscious indeed ofher beauty, entering society under the protection ofher mother. And from the last four lines of the metri-cal sketch it will be noticed that she was believed tobe able to bestow upon her worshippers cattle, horses,sons, health, joy, and length of days. <$? ^ &. CHAPTER VII. THE STORM DEITIES. I. Indra. As was noticed previously, Indra^ together with Agniand Surya. by means ,of sacrifice, obtained supremacy
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