THE VEDIC MYTH OF A NATURAL DISASTER
Understanding myths requires special methods of interpreting them, first of all, methods of identifying the content that can be considered as cognitive information, as well as methods of reconstructing the events and phenomena behind mythological images. Thus, the problem of understanding myths is the approach to them as sources of knowledge, the search for real referents represented by esoteric content. The author applies this attitude to one of the central myths of the great monument of world literature of the Rig Veda (hereinafter - RV), created by ancient Indian poets-rishis - to the myth of the demon Vritra, about his evil deeds and about the murder of this demon by the god of thunder and lightning Indra. Keywords: Rig Veda, myth, Vritra, Indra, ancient Indian mythology, mythological perception. CONTENT OF THE MYTH This myth was of such great importance to the Indo-Aryans and occupied such a significant place in their minds that its content is repeatedly reproduced in various variations in the Russian Orthodox Church. Here is the most complete of them, as set forth in Hymn I, 32 1: Indra's heroic deeds now I want to proclaim:The first ones that the thunderer did. He killed the serpent, he drilled the channels of the waters, He cut through the bowels of the mountains. He killed the serpent that rested on the mountain. Tvashtar had carved him a noisy club. Like lowing cows rushing toward their calves, The waters run down directly to the sea. Furious as a bull, he chose soma for himself, He drank soma squeezed in three vessels,and the Generous One grabbed a vajra projectile. He killed him, the firstborn of the serpents. When you, Indra, slew the first-born of the serpents And outwitted the tricks of the sly ones, And gave birth to the sun, the sky, the dawn, You haven't really found an opponent since. 1 Meanings of the names and titles found in the hymn: Tvashtar-God-creator of all forms in the universe, living and inanimate. Soma is an intoxicating ... Read more
____________________

This publication was posted on Libmonster in another country. The article seemed interesting to our editor.

Full version: https://biblio.vn/m/articles/view/THE-VEDIC-MYTH-OF-A-NATURAL-DISASTER
China Online · 68 days ago 0 25
Professional Authors' Comments:
Order by: 
Per page: 
 
  • There are no comments yet
Library guests comments




Actions
Rate
0 votes
Publisher
China Online
Beijing, China
07.12.2024 (68 days ago)
Link
Permanent link to this publication:

https://elibrary.org.cn/blogs/entry/THE-VEDIC-MYTH-OF-A-NATURAL-DISASTER


© elibrary.org.cn
 
Library Partners

ELIBRARY.ORG.CN - China Digital Library

Create your author's collection of articles, books, author's works, biographies, photographic documents, files. Save forever your author's legacy in digital form. Click here to register as an author.
THE VEDIC MYTH OF A NATURAL DISASTER
 

Editorial Contacts
Chat for Authors: CN LIVE: We are in social networks:

About · News · For Advertisers

China Digital Library ® All rights reserved.
2023-2025, ELIBRARY.ORG.CN is a part of Libmonster, international library network (open map)
Preserving the Chinese heritage


LIBMONSTER NETWORK ONE WORLD - ONE LIBRARY

US-Great Britain Sweden Serbia
Russia Belarus Ukraine Kazakhstan Moldova Tajikistan Estonia Russia-2 Belarus-2

Create and store your author's collection at Libmonster: articles, books, studies. Libmonster will spread your heritage all over the world (through a network of affiliates, partner libraries, search engines, social networks). You will be able to share a link to your profile with colleagues, students, readers and other interested parties, in order to acquaint them with your copyright heritage. Once you register, you have more than 100 tools at your disposal to build your own author collection. It's free: it was, it is, and it always will be.

Download app for Android