rig veda
Rig Veda
1. Indra was represented as a god of the sky and the god of storms and lightning.
Vritra shut off the waters and the sun and imprisoned them in caves in the cloud-mountains. Indra was able to expel Vrita with his weapon of thunder and lightning. Thus he released the life- giving forces and saved the earth. He was the force against the spirit of darkness. This battle between Indra and Vritra represents the ending of winter and beginning of the spring.
2. It glorified the powers of herbs, waters, and mostly Indra.
Indra is portrayed as a character that causes everything in the world to take place. He is the most important deity in the sky. Armed with the thunderbolt, he is the god of storms and war, he controlled the weather, rain, thunder and lightening and he also defeated Vritra and it was apparent that the people based their lives on Indra, and completely believed in him.
3. Their economic life centered on their cattle and cattle was a prized possession because they provided meat, milk, and butter. Cattle were so important that the Aryans even used them as money. The number of cattle a person owned measured an individuals wealth, so the cattle imagery was the sign of wealth and power. 4. Arians worshiped and sacrificed for their gods. Indra released waters and the sun from imprisonment, the elements of life and agriculture. From that point on Aryans were becoming a settled, agrarian people. 5. The Aryans took Indra as a leader against earthly as well as heavenly enemies. Opposed to the views of the Sumerian and Egyptians, Amon-Re was the chief god of Egypt, a god of wind, and sun deity and one of Egypt's oldest and most revered gods.
1. Indra was represented as a god of the sky and the god of storms and lightning.
Vritra shut off the waters and the sun and imprisoned them in caves in the cloud-mountains. Indra was able to expel Vrita with his weapon of thunder and lightning. Thus he released the life- giving forces and saved the earth. He was the force against the spirit of darkness. This battle between Indra and Vritra represents the ending of winter and beginning of the spring.
2. It glorified the powers of herbs, waters, and mostly Indra.
Indra is portrayed as a character that causes everything in the world to take place. He is the most important deity in the sky. Armed with the thunderbolt, he is the god of storms and war, he controlled the weather, rain, thunder and lightening and he also defeated Vritra and it was apparent that the people based their lives on Indra, and completely believed in him.
3. Their economic life centered on their cattle and cattle was a prized possession because they provided meat, milk, and butter. Cattle were so important that the Aryans even used them as money. The number of cattle a person owned measured an individuals wealth, so the cattle imagery was the sign of wealth and power. 4. Arians worshiped and sacrificed for their gods. Indra released waters and the sun from imprisonment, the elements of life and agriculture. From that point on Aryans were becoming a settled, agrarian people. 5. The Aryans took Indra as a leader against earthly as well as heavenly enemies. Opposed to the views of the Sumerian and Egyptians, Amon-Re was the chief god of Egypt, a god of wind, and sun deity and one of Egypt's oldest and most revered gods.