audiobook Myth; Ritual and Religion Volume 1 by From Andrew Lang in History

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Excerpt from Original Sanskrit Texts; Vol. 5: On the Origin and History the People of India; Their Religion and InstitutionsIN the Fourth Volume of this work I have collected the principal passages of the Vedic Hymns which refer to the origin of the uni verse; and to the characters of the gods Hiranyagarbha; Visvakarman; Vishnu; Ru'dra; and the goddess Ambika; and base compared the representations there given of these deities with the later stories and speculations on the same subjects which are to be found in the Brahmanas; and in the mythological poems of a more modern date. In the course of these researches; I have also introduced occasional notices of some of the other Vedic? Deities; such as Aditi; Indra; Varuna; etc.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art 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.