iginal. Dawn here pays
Night for the latter's malutinal withdrawing by withdrawing
herself. Strictly speaking, the Dawn is, of course, the
sunset light conceived of as identical with that preceding
the sunrise ([Greek: usas, heos], 'east' as 'glow').]

[Footnote 101: Late as seems this hymn to be, it is
interesting in revealing the fact that wolves (not tigers or
panthers) are the poet's most dreaded foes of night. It
must, therefore have been composed in the northlands, where
wolves are the herdsman's worst enemies.]

[Footnote 102: Myriantheus, _Die Acvins_; Muir, OST. v.
p.234; Bergaigne, _Religion Vedique,_ II. p. 431; Mueller,
_Lectures_, 2d series, p. 508; Weber, _Ind. St_. v. p. 234.
S[=a]yana on I. 180. 2, interprets the 'sister of the
Acvins' as Dawn.]

[Footnote 103: Muir, _loc. cit_. Weber regards them as the
(stars) Gemini.]

[Footnote 104: Weber, however, thinks that Dawn and Acvins
are equally old divinities, the oldest Hindu divinities in
his estimation.]

[Footnote 105: In the Epic (see below) they are called the
lowest caste of gods (C[=u]dras).]

[Footnote 106: X. 17. 2; I. 46. 2.]

[Footnote 107: I. 181. 4 (Roth, ZDMG. IV. 425).]

[Footnote 108: T[=a]itt. S. VII. 2. 7. 2; Muir, _loc. cit_.
p. 235.]

[Footnote 109: vii. 67. 2; viii. 5. 2; x. 39. 12; viii. 9.
17; i. 34. 10; x. 61. 4. Muir, _loc. cit._ 238-9. Compare
_ib_. 234, 256.]

[Footnote 110: Muir, _loc. cit_. p. 237. RV. vi. 58. 4; x.
85. 9ff.]

[Footnote 111: They are compared to two ships, two birds,
etc.]

[Footnote 112: In _Cat. Br_. V. 5. 4. it to the Acvins a
red-white goat is sacrificed, because 'Acvins are
red-white.']

[Footnote 113: Perhaps best with Brannhofer, 'the savers'
from _nas_ as in _nasjan_ (AG. p. 99).]

[Footnote 114: _La Religion Vedique_, II. p. 434. That
_n[=a]snya_ means 'with good noses' is an epic notion,
_n[=a]satyadasr[=a]u sunas[=a]u,_ Mbh[=a]. I. 3. 58, and for
this reason, if for no other (though idea is older), the
etymology is probably false! The epithet is also Iranian.
Twinned and especially paired gods are characteristic of the
Rig Veda. Thus Yama and Yam[=i] are twins; and of pairs
Indra-Agni, Indra-V[=a]yu, besides the older Mitra-Varuna,
Heaven-Earth, are co