Indra kills Vritra and releases the waters: the central Vedic myth and the Indo-European dragon-slaying pattern that also underlies the Norse and Greek versions. Griffith prints Tvastar with a dot under the s; the diacritic is folded here to sh.
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TextI WILL declare the manly deeds of Indra, the first that he achieved, the Thunder-wielder. He slew the Dragon, then disclosed the waters, and cleft the channels of the mountain torrents. He slew the Dragon lying on the mountain: his heavenly bolt of thunder Tvashtar fashioned. Like lowing kine in rapid flow descending the waters glided downward to the ocean. 1 Reference Scheme Translation
TranslationThe Hymns of the Rigveda 1 Connections
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Indra, Deities This source names Indra directly: "Indra kills Vritra and releases the waters: the central Vedic myth and the Indo-European dragon-slaying pattern that also underlies the Norse and Greek versions."
Source The Hymns of the Rigveda, translated with a popular commentaryRalph T. H. Griffith
This source names Norse directly: "pattern that also underlies the Norse and Greek versions."
Source The Hymns of the Rigveda, translated with a popular commentaryRalph T. H. Griffith
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The dragon Vritra, whose slaying releases the waters.
The same combat pattern as Marduk against Tiamat.
Passage Of
Source The Hymns of the Rigveda, translated with a popular commentaryRalph T. H. Griffith
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1. The Hymns of the Rigveda, translated with a popular commentary
Ralph T. H. Griffith, E. J. Lazarus / Internet Sacred Text Archive, 1896Rig Veda 1.32.1-2View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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