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CONTENTS
Section VIII.—FRO. PAGE Relations of Fro to Freya 198 Section IX.—HEIMDALL, BRAGI, AND OEGIR. The Lord of Himinbiorg 198 Bragi, the Lord of Day 199 Oegir, the Sea-god 199 CHAPTER II. THE LIGHT. Section I.—SÛRYA AND SAVITRI. Sûrya, the Pervading Irresistible Lumuiary 201 The One-Handed Savitar 202 The Power of Savitar 202 Section II.—SOMA. The Physical and Spiritual Soma 203 Powers of Soma 205 Section III.—CORRELATIVE DEITIES. Complementary Deities 206 The Dualism of Nature 206 Functions of the Asvins 206 Parentage of the Asvins 207 The Twins 208 Soma and Sûryâ 209 Section IV.—THE DAWN. The Lonely Wanderer 209 Developement of the Myth 210 The Story of Urvasî 212 Germs of the Story of Penelopê 213 The Dawn and the Waters 214 Erôs and Psychê 216 The Search of the Dawn for the Sun 218 The Search of the Sun for the Dawn 218 Origin of these Myths 220 "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" 221 The Wanderers in the Forest 222 The Spell of Moonlight 223 The Seven Rishis 226 The Arkshas or Shiners 226 The Rishis and Manu 227 Section V.—DAWN GODDESSES. Ushas and Eôs 227 Ushas the Broad-spreading 229 Ahanâ 230