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In an ancient Hindu hymn to Ushas we read:-
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The dawn of the day (Ushas), part of the sun-worship, became also a god:
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Ushas is the Hindu goddess of dawn.
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Ushas, Max Muller tells us, "has two parents, heaven and earth, whose lap she fills with light" (510.
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Her sister is Ushas (Dawn).
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Dawn (see Ushas), hymns, character of, 553, 571.
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Ushas, Eos, Aurora, is the daughter of heaven, and one story of the birth is contained in the Maori myth of Papa and Rangi.
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His wife is most often listed as Agnayi, sometimes as Ushas (his sister), and sometimes his wife is cited as being his lover Svaha.