Chapter 17

, instead of ⁂⁂ ‘glory,’ ‘éclat.’ The ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂ correspond by their name very closely with the _devas_ of Indian mythology, and the dead are called ⁂⁂⁂⁂ on the pious hypothesis of their having obtained ‘glory.’ The word has nothing to do with ‘intelligence.’ It is particularly applicable to the heavenly bodies, the sun, moon and stars—‘the glittering ones,’ and the horizon at sunrise ⁂ _ḫut_, and ⁂⁂⁂ ‘fire’ derive their names from their _éclat_.

Footnote 6:

See _Denkm._ II, 71 _b_, 72 _a_, _b_, 101 _b_; _cf._ 98 _h_, 116 _c_, and III, 260 _c_.

Footnote 7:

The evidence produced by W. Max Müller in behalf of this reading of the priestly name is quite convincing.

Footnote 8:

The human head (with a beard) sometimes given to the bird, merely indicates the _aivine_ nature of the soul.

Footnote 9:

This is one of the meanings of ⁂⁂⁂, but in this place it may simply mean ‘going round in a ship.’

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