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[ Kelly, Indo-European Folk-Lore, p. 39. Burnouf, Bhagavata Purana, VIII. 6, 32.]
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[ Baring-Gould, Curious Myths, p. 149.]
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[ It is also the regenerating water of baptism, and the "holy water" of the Roman Catholic.]
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[ In the Vedas the rain-god Soma, originally the personification of the sacrificial ambrosia, is the deity who imparts to men life, knowledge, and happiness. See Breal, Hercule et Cacus, p. 85. Tylor, Primitive Culture, Vol. II. p. 277.]
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[ We may, perhaps, see here the reason for making the Greek fire-god Hephaistos the husband of Aphrodite.]