10/115 In the older passages the later moral element is almost lacking, nor is there maintained the same physical relation between Sun and Dawn. In the earlier hymns the Dawn is the Sun's mother, from whom he proceeds.[12] It is the "Dawns produced the Sun," in still more natural language;[13] whereas, the idea of the lover-Sun following the Dawn scarcely occurs in the family-books.[14] Distinctly late, also, is the identification of the sun with the all-spirit _( [=a]tm[=a],_ I.115. 1), and the following prayer: "Remove, O sun, all weakness, illness, and bad dreams." In this hymn, X.37.14, S[=u]rya is the son of the sky, but he is evidently one with Savitar, who in V.82.4, removes bad dreams, as in X.100.8, he removes sickness. Men are rendered 'sinless' by the sun (IV.54. |