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THE CUCKOO, THE HERON, THE HEATHCOCK, THE PARTRIDGE, THE NIGHTINGALE, THE SWALLOW, THE SPARROW, AND

Date of account
English edition published 1872
Source
Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 2 (of 2)
Reference
Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 2 (of 2) · selected passage 168
Rights
public_domain
Language
English
Record updated
2026-08-25

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the fire-god Agnis, 10; his fields of battle, 12, 15; great exploits of, 12; threefold victory, 13, 14; weapons of, 14; companion of Somas, 18, 19; the triple, 20; moments of, 20, 23; special function, 27; relations to the aurora, 27; and the blind lame one, 32; destroyer of the witch Aurora, 33; lover of the aurora, 3…

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the fire-god Agnis, 10; his fields of battle, 12, 15; great exploits of, 12; threefold victory, 13, 14; weapons of, 14; companion of Somas, 18, 19; the triple, 20; moments of, 20, 23; special function, 27; relations to the aurora, 27; and the blind lame one, 32; destroyer of the witch Aurora, 33; lover of the aurora, 35; personified in Râmas, 59-61; slays Viçvarûpas, 76; fall of, 76; protector of Utankas, 80, 81; transformation, 89; quarrel of, with the Marutas, 106; horses of, 351; as a ram, 403; with the thousand eyes, 418; the rudder of, ii. 7; as a wild boar, 8; and the dwarf hermits, 95; and Vishnus, 99, 100; and the monkeys, 101; and Vritras, 154, 155; deprived of strength and beauty, 155; as a hawk, 181; and Ahalyâ, 280, 281, 330; impotent, 326; unchaining the waters, 330; drunk, 349; and the monster, 393, 394; killing the monster, 394, 395.

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