Vritra
Americannoun
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In both places Vritra and Ahi are the opponents of the god of light; in both fire was worshipped; in both the power of the sacrificial liquor was elevated into a mighty life-giving god.
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We remember the process by which the Arians in India came to represent Indra as smiting Vritra, and shattering his cave, not as formerly with the lightning, but with Brahman, the power of the prayer and the sacred acts.
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In the Veda it was Indra who had to contend against Vritra and Ahi, i. e. the serpents, and the black spirits, which desired to drink up the water of the sky and veil its light.
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We saw what importance the Veda ascribed to the conquest over Vritra, the cloud serpent, the black demon.
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The Arians in Iran also are acquainted with the slaying of Vritra.
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