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Excerpt from Zoological Mythology, Vol. 2: Or the Legends of Animals In the eightieth hymn of the eighth; book of the Rigvedas, the same: myth occurs again with relation to Indras, and in a more complete form. We have already remarked, in the first book of the Rigvedas, the maiden Apala who descends from the mountain to draw water, and draws up the somas (ambrosia, or else the moon, whence, as it seems tome, the origin of the double Italian proverb, Pescare, or mostrare la luna nel pozzo, to fish up, or show the moon in the well, which was afterwards corrupted to indicate one who says, or narrates, what is untrue or impossible), and takes it to Indras, the well known drinker of ambrosia (here identified with the moon, or somas). Indras, contented with the' maiden, con sents, as she is ugly and deformed, to. Pass over the three heavenly stations, that is, to pass over his father's head, her vast breast and her bosom.2 In the last strophe of the hymn quoted above, Indras makes a luminous robe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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