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Valentine, St., mating day of, [430]. Vărună, the Indian god, links with Ea-Oannes, [31], [34]; sea fire of, [50], [51]; Shamash the sun god and, [54]; association of with rain, [55]; Sumerian links with, [55], [56]; worshippers of buried dead, [56]; no human beings in Paradise of, [209]; attire of deities in Paradise of, [212]; the goat and, [333]. Vas´olt, Tyrolese storm demon, [74]. Vayu (vä´yu), Indian wind god, [35]. Vedas (vay´dăs), astronomy of the, [318]. Venus, the goddess, [17], [296]; lovers of, [102]. Venus, the planet, Ishtar as, [296]; female at sunset and male at sunrise, [299]; in sun and moon group, [301]; rays of as beard, [301]; as the "Proclaimer", [314]; connection of with moon, [314]; in astrology, [318], [324]. Vestal virgins, [228], [229]. Vishnu (vish´noo), the Indian god, like Ea, [27]; Ea like, [38]; eagle giant as vehicle of, [75]; Sri or Lakshmi wife of, [101]; sleep of on world serpent, [150]; eagle and, [169], [347]. "Vital spark", the, fire as, [49]. Voice, the pure, in Sumerian spell, [46]. Vulture, as deity of fertility, [429], [430]; the Persian eagle legend and, [493]; goddess of Egypt, [168]; as protectors of Shakuntala, [423], [424].