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Mitra. “The Friend.” Iranian Mithra.* * * § Nearly always 
mentioned in connection with Varuna.f 
Prithivi. “ The Broad Earth.” Greeks Platus. 
Purusha. “The Male.” The Purusha Suhta J gives a 
somewhat pantheistic account of the Deity under this name. 
The poet says : — 
“ Purusha has a thousand heads, ejms, feet. § 
Purusha himself is the whole (universe), whatever has 
been, whatever shall be. 
He is the lord of immortality. 
All existing things are a quarter of him, and that which 
is immortal in the sky is three-quarters of him. 
The moon was produced from his soul ; 
The sun from his eye ; Indra and Agni from his mouth ; 
And Yayu from his breath.” || 
Pushan. “ The Growth-producer.” (Tiele.) 
Rudrci. “ The Terrible.” This personage forms an excel- 
lent illustration of the principle nomina numina, and of the 
utter baselessness of many of the bugbears which have 
f lightened millions of mankind for ages. His name in origin 
is only an adjective applied to Agni. Thus we read — 
“Agni, the Brilliant, the Terrible (i.e. Itudra) . 
Agni, the terrible ( rudrci ) king,t he golden-formed.” ** 
Rudra as a distinct divinity continue d to increase in import- 
ance until as Siva, “ the Gracious,” a euphemism for his title 
Sarva, “the Wrathful,” he attained almost the first place in 
the Hindu Pantheon, becoming the Mahadeva, or “ Great 
god,” Megas theos. His dread consort Kali, “ the Black,” 
was merely originally one of the seven fire-tongues of Agni. 
In such instances as these we see polytheism developing 
before our eyes, many made out of one. 
Savitri. “The Vivifier” (Tiele), “The Inspirer” (Cox). 
A solar phase. 
Soma. “Intoxication” (Canon Rawlinson). Originally 
the moist, humid, and watery element in nature, ff Also 
closely connected with Agni. 
* Vide sup. secs. 15, 16. 
f Mitra and Yaruna are the subject of a recent monograph by Dr. 
Hillebrandt, Vanina und Mitra (Breslau, 1877). 
I Rig- Veda, X. xc. 
§ An early instance of symbolical monstrosity, a principle which has often 
made art hideous. 
|| Apud Muir, Sanskrit Texts, v. 368, et seq. The hymn affords an exact 
parallel to some of the later Egyptian hymns to the pantheistic Sun-god. 
(Vide The Archaic Solar Cult of Egypt. By the Writer.) 
1 Rig-Veda, III. ii. 5. ** Ibid, IV. iii- 1. 
tt Vide sup. sec. 13 ; inf. sec. 29. Soma is a liquid Agni. 
