LECTURE THE FOURTH.
The TransParent, Translucent, and Opaque Gods.-—-~Re1igious Con~ ceptions and Religious Feel—- ing in the Veda.
The transparent gods: their importance for the study of religionwFather Sky and Daughter DawnHSiirya, a god of the ennwVata and Viiyu, gods of windm’l‘he most transparent god: Agni, FiremAgni as the sacrifice firemPrehistorie gods of firewBirth and youth of Agni “Agni as god of the morningmNew births of Agni-m Agni on the altar, the agent of the godemPriesthood and divinity of AgnimA hymn to AgnimOther myths of the Fire Gomehe translucent gods: definition of the term—“God VishnumGod Pfishaanod Indra, an an example of an opaque god-“Traditional explanation of the myth of Indra and Vritraw Professor Hille- brandt’s interpretation of the same mythmRenewed definition of the religion of the Rig~VedamRenewed definition of Vedie practioalitieemConflicting prayers and sacrificesw—The conception of faithmFaith related to Truth and Wisdom-“Faith personifiedeaith and worksmThe reward for faith postponed to heavenw Contrast between early “faith ” (graddhfl) and later “devotion” (hhakti)-—-—”Gift-praises,” another sop to the sacrificermThe religious feeling of the Rig-Veda“
The utilitarian sense—~The glory of the godsmAhsence I so
