BABYLON AND PERSIA

Aryan myths in the avesta. 65go up the aerial way and go down on the earth ; go down on the earthand go up the aerial way. Rise up and roll along ! "This sea is, moreover, everlastingly replenished bythe bountiful flow of the celestial spring Ardvi-SuraAnahita, which rushes from the peak Hukairya, ofthe Hara-Berezaiti, and supplies all the rivers of theearth with pure, abundant, and wholesome waters:" The large river, known afar, that is as large as the whole of thewaters that run along the earth ; that runs powerfully from the heightof Hukairya down to the sea Vouru-Kasha. All the shores of the seaVouru-Kasha are boiling over, all the middle of it is boiling over, whenshe runs down there. ..."And the waters of this same celestial sea everiastinglyfeed and protect the Tree of Life and Immor¬tality, the White Haoma or Gaokerena, whichGod himself planted on " high Haraiti " (the sameas Hara-Berezaiti), and placed in the centre ofVouru-Kasha together with another divine treewhich contains the seeds of all the plants thatgrow on earth. Of this heavenly and immortalHaoma (Aryan Soma), the Haoma that grows inthe mountains of Eran and from which is pressedthe golden-colored liquor used at sacrifices is theearthly representative, and from it derives its heal¬ing and " death-removing " properties. As for theseeds of the plants, they are carried down to earthby the rain. The summits of Hara-Berezaiti beingthe abode of the gods, who have their several man¬sions there, it is but right that there also should bethe store-houses of the choicest blessings which thegods bestow on men the waters and vegetation.8. Anthropomorphism, in its most direct, rank-