Easure of the foot).--The sun who never puts his foot down, the sun without feet, the sun lame, who, during the…
- Date of account
- English edition published 1872
- Source
- Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 1 (of 2)
- Reference
- Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 1 (of 2) · selected passage 1
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-25
Record summary
easure of the foot).--The sun who never puts his foot down, the sun without feet, the sun lame, who, during the night, becomes blind; the blind and the lame who help each other, whom Indra helps, whom the ambrosia of the aurora enables to walk and to see.--The aurora of evening, witch who blinds the sun; the sun Indras…
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyeasure of the foot).--The sun who never puts his foot down, the sun without feet, the sun lame, who, during the night, becomes blind; the blind and the lame who help each other, whom Indra helps, whom the ambrosia of the aurora enables to walk and to see.--The aurora of evening, witch who blinds the sun; the sun Indras, in the morning, chases the aurora away; Indras subdues and destroys the witch aurora.--The brother sun follows, as a seducer, the aurora his sister, and wishes to burn her.--The sun follows his daughter the aurora.--The aurora, a beautiful young girl, deliverer of the sun, rich in treasure, awakener of the sleepers, saviour of mankind, foreseeing; from small becomes large, from dark becomes brilliant, from infirm, whole, from blind, seeing and protectress of sight.--Night and aurora, now mother and daughter, now sisters.--The luminous night a good sister; the gloomy night gives place to the aurora, her elder or better sister, working, purifying, cleansing.--The aurora shines only when near the sun her husband, before whom she dances splendidly dressed; the aurora Urvaçî.--The wife of the sun followed by the monster.--The husband of the aurora subject to the same persecution.
Historical context
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Modern context
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