Vedic (Indian / Sanskrit)
The oldest layer of Indian sacred literature — hymns to Agni, Indra, the Maruts, and the Vedic pantheon, composed in archaic Sanskrit and preserved by oral transmission before any script existed to fix them.
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Most-filed motifs under “india” in the index
Supreme god. One god chief of all other gods. 3 New race from single pair (or several) after w 3 Flood as punishment 3 Determination of night and day. After much dis 3 Origin of death 3 Corn from body of slain person. (Cf. A2685.1.) 3 Marriage to person in dog form. (Cf. B635.4, D 3 Nuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercour 3 Death for breaking tabu 3 Transformation: man to fish 3 Transformation combat. Fight between contestan 3 Transformation to reach difficult place 3 Disenchantment by destroying skin (covering) 3 Loathly bridegroom. Woman disenchants loathsom 3 Magic cudgel (club) 3 Symplegades. Rocks that clash together at inte 3 Contest in magic. (Cf. H1573.3.) 3 Resuscitation 3 Resuscitation by arrangement of members. Parts 3 Resuscitation with missing member. In reassemb 3 Resuscitation by blood 3 Vampire. Corpse which comes from grave at nigh 3 Reincarnation. Return from the dead in another 3 Life token. (Cf. E760.) Object (animal, person 3 Journey to heaven (upper-world paradise) 3 Sky-rope. Access to upper world by means of a 3 Ladder to upper world 3 Amazons. Women warriors 3 Victims rescued from swallower's belly. (Cf. X 3 Unnatural parents eat children 3