He has virtually no cult except in _soma_-hymns, and shows clearly the first Aryan conception of the moon as a demoniac power, potent over women, and associated with waters.
Mountains, and especially rivers, are holy, and of course are deified.
Primitive belief generally deifies rivers.

But in the great river-hymn in the Rig Veda there is probably as much pure poetry as prayer.

The Vedic poet half believed in the rivers' divinity, and sings how they 'rush forth like armies,' but it will not do to inquire too strictly in regard to his belief.
He was a poet, and did not expect to be catechized.

Of female divinities there are several of which the nature is doubtful.

As Dawn or Storm have been interpreted Saram[=a] and Sarany[=u], both meaning 'runner.' The former is Indra's dog, and her litter is the dogs of Yama.