[44] The deified poets and sages. See [Chapter VIII].

[45] Adolf Kaegi says: “Also Vadha or Vadhar”, which he compares with German, Wetter; O.H. German, Wetar: Anglo-Saxon, Weder; English, Weather. The original word signifying the sudden change in atmospheric conditions caused by the thunderstorm was ultimately applied to all states of the air.

[46] Roy's translation of Mahabharata.

[47] Like the giants and demons of Teutonic mythology, who fought with the gods in the Last Battle.

[48] The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, by T. G. Pinches, LL.D.

[49] Cosmology of Rigveda, Wallis.

[50] Religion of the Ancient Egyptians, Professor A. Wiedemann, p. 137.

[51] Rigveda, iv, 34. 9.

[52] Cosmology of Rigveda, Wallis.

[53] A History of Sanskrit Literature, pp. 106, 107.