Home›Sources›Vedic MythologySourcesVedic MythologyCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Vedic Mythology." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/vedic-mythology.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Vedic Mythology. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/vedic-mythologyCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-vedic-mythology, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Vedic Mythology}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/vedic-mythology}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXArthur Macdonell's handbook was published as part of the Grundriss der Indo-Arischen Philologie series, and despite its 1897 date it remains the standard descriptive handbook of the individual Vedic gods, including the Adityas, a documented fact about its continued use by later scholars rather than a claim resting on its original publisher. This record states its honest limit plainly: it is a descriptive, not an interpretive or theoretical, handbook, and later scholarship has developed comparative and structural readings of Vedic myth that Macdonell's period predates. Use it for descriptive facts about a specific Vedic deity as this handbook records them; a claim resting on a modern comparative theory of Vedic myth needs a more recent source.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (482 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Arthur Macdonell's 1897 handbook, still the standard descriptive reference for the individual Vedic gods despite its age, a documented fact about its continued scholarly use rather than a claim resting on its original publisher.NotesWell-attestedVolume III.1A of the Grundriss der Indo-Arischen Philologie und Altertumskunde. Still the standard descriptive handbook of the individual Vedic gods, including the Adityas.CitationAuthorWell-attestedArthur Anthony MacdonellPublisherWell-attestedKarl J. Trubner, StrassburgPublication YearWell-attested1897URLWell-attestedhttps://archive.org/details/vedicmythology00macduoftSource TypeWell-attestedacademic monographCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithThe Adityas, Deities Well-attested This source names The Adityas directly: "the individual Vedic gods, including the Adityas, a documented fact about its continued use by later scholars rather than a claim resting on its original publisher."Source Vedic MythologyArthur Anthony Macdonelltier 1Claims Backed By This Source (482 claims)This source backs 482 claims across the atlas. As facts: 332 well-attested, 14 scholarly debate, 1 open question. As cited relationships: 77 holds, 10 connected. Plus 48 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicDeities, 321 claims: 194 well-attested, 14 scholarly debate, 1 open question, 76 holds, 36 general references.Open Questions, 90 claims: 70 well-attested, 10 connected, 10 general references.Articles, 59 claims: 58 well-attested, 1 general references.Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.Figures, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested332ArticlesA Class of Beings Made by a RiteA Class That Never Became a PersonA Name in a List, and Almost Nothing ElseA Name Older Than the GenealogyA Serpent Who Is Not an EnemyA Share in the Rite for the DeadAditi from Daksha, and Daksha from AditiAll the Gods, or Some of ThemAncestor of Mortals, or the SunAryaman at a WeddingBoundlessness Given a Mother's NameEight of Them, and the Lists Do Not AgreeFrom a River to the WordFrom Aversion to a Compass PointFrom Bhaga to BhagavanFrom Sky-Sovereign to Lord of the WatersGoat, or Unborn, or NeitherGuru of the Gods, and the Planet JupiterIndra Became Sakra: A Storm God Reworked for Buddhist ArtKing of the Vedic Gods, Slayer of the SerpentMitra, Varuna, and the Iranian CognateMother of the Daityas, and of the Storm GodsMothers, and What They Carry AwayPlant, Drink and God at OnceSix, Seven, Eight, and Then TwelveSky Father, Earth Mother: An Inherited Indo-European PairThe ApportionerThe Archer Who Also HealsThe Bond That Aditi's Name DeniesThe Bull That Bellows in the CloudThe Contract as a GodThe Dawn, and a Link Between India and EuropeThe Deep, and What Depth MeansThe Disposer, and the Pair He Never LeavesThe Eighth Son, Cast AwayThe EstablisherThe FashionerThe Fire That Carries the OfferingThe First to Die, and So the King of the DeadThe Gayatri, and Savitr Beside SuryaThe God of Custom and HospitalityThe God Who Sets Things MovingThe Goddess You Ask to LeaveThe Gods of the Sworn WordThe Hymns That Helped Invent Comparative MythologyThe Killing That Had to Be Paid ForThe Lord of Creatures Who Creates by Self-SacrificeThe Mighty One: An Epithet of Indra, and a Buddhist AfterlifeThe Nasatyas in a Hittite Treaty, and What the Twins Might Once Have BeenThe Rising of the God, and the MoonShowing 1 to 50 of 106 entities carrying this claim. NextScholarly debate14DeitiesAhir BudhnyaBhagaDitiIndraKashyapaMartandaNirritiParjanyaThe Ashwini KumarasThe VasusThe VishvadevasOpen question1DeitiesAja EkapadaHolds77DeitiesAditiAhir BudhnyaAja EkapadaAmshaAryamanBhagaDhatriDitiKashyapaLord YamaMartandaMitraNirritiParjanyaThe AdityasThe ApasThe Ashwini KumarasThe PitrisThe VasusThe VishvadevasTvashtriVidhatriVishvarupaSourcesVedic MythologyConnected10Open QuestionsBy what route did Vidhatri, a name with almost no independent textual life, become Vidhata, the personified fate of later popular usage?Does the Rigvedic hymn intend Martanda as the sun or as the first mortal?Does Vishve Devah name the totality of the gods or a defined class beside them?Is Diti an old goddess whose name Aditi negates, or a back formation made to give the negation something to negate?Is the Rigvedic Vishvarupa connected in any way to the same word used as a title of Vishnu for the universal form?Is the sage's name Kashyapa the same word as the ordinary Sanskrit word for a tortoise?What is Aja Ekapada, and what does the name mean?What, if anything, did the Ashvins originally represent?Which deep is Ahir Budhnya the serpent of?Which eight are the Vasus?General References48ArticlesAditi's Living Worship: The Deity of PunarvasuDeitiesAditiAgniAhir BudhnyaAja EkapadaAmshaAryamanBhagaBrihaspatiChandraDhatriDitiIndraKashyapaKrishnaLord YamaMartandaMitraNirritiParjanyaPrajapatiSavitrShivaSomaSuryaThe AdityasThe ApasThe Ashwini KumarasThe NavagrahaThe PitrisThe VasusThe VishvadevasTvashtriVarunaVidhatriVishnuVishvarupaFiguresAditiOpen QuestionsBy what route did Vidhatri, a name with almost no independent textual life, become Vidhata, the personified fate of later popular usage?Does the Rigvedic hymn intend Martanda as the sun or as the first mortal?Does Vishve Devah name the totality of the gods or a defined class beside them?Is Diti an old goddess whose name Aditi negates, or a back formation made to give the negation something to negate?Is the Rigvedic Vishvarupa connected in any way to the same word used as a title of Vishnu for the universal form?Is the sage's name Kashyapa the same word as the ordinary Sanskrit word for a tortoise?What is Aja Ekapada, and what does the name mean?What, if anything, did the Ashvins originally represent?Which deep is Ahir Budhnya the serpent of?Which eight are the Vasus?Comments (0)No comments yet. 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