CHAPTER  I.
 

antecedents of the ancient indian
Aryas.
 

The division of the Chapter and the. sources of information.—
The origin of Mythology.—The four stages of growth
. merely indicated.—Criteria.—The Eig-Veda-SmhitS.—
Vedio Mythology: Indra, Eudra Maruts.—Aditi—Gods
Dyous, Prithivi, TJshas, Agni, Parjanya, and Vlyu.—Mitra
and Varuna.—Soma.—Surya, Pusan, and Savitri.—The God
Tvastri.—Brahmaraaspati.—The Ashvins.—The Deva-patnis.
—Comparative Philology.—Comparative Mythology.—Com¬
parative Sphagiology.—The Spiritual Theology of the
Mazdayasnians.—Evidence for it from Comparative My¬
thology and Comparative Sphagiology.