Writing on ancient literatures and world mythology. Future articles will be on Rig Veda, Sanskrit, Old English, Indo-European literature, Egypt, China etc.
The sun has been worshipped as a deity in many of the major religious traditions in history, dating at least from the ancient Egyptian religion which worshipped the sun god šš (a.k.a. Re or Ra).
Read More On worshipping the sun as godWhat follows is my own translation of Rig Veda Mandala 1 SÅ«kta 90. The final lines of this verse are well-known and well-loved as they feature in one of the ÅÄnti Mantras. The repeated reference to honey (madhu) also seems to be picked up on later in the Madhu-vidyÄ section of the Bį¹hadÄraį¹yaka Upaniį¹£ad. The […]
Read More Hymn to all gods (ā2)
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