ZOOLOGICAL MYTHOLOGY VOL 2

ISBN: 9780365441441 Géneros: JFHF Sinópsis: Excerpt from Zoological Mythology Vol 2 Or the Legends of AnimalsIn the eightieth hymn of the eighth book of the Rigvedas the same myth occurs again with relation to Indras and in a more complete form We have already remarked in the first book of the Rigvedas the maiden Apala who descends from the mountain to draw water and draws up the somas ambrosia or else the moon whence as it seems tome the origin of the double Italian proverb Pescare or mostrare la luna nel pozzo to fish up or show the moon in the well which was afterwards corrupted to indicate one who says or narrates what is untrue or impossible and takes it to Indras the well known drinker of ambrosia here identified with the moon or somas Indras contented with the maiden con sents as she is ugly and deformed to Pass over the three heavenly stations that is to pass over his fathers head her vast breast and her bosom2 In the last strophe of the hymn quoted above Indras makes a luminous robeAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works