The Asvins, the "Horsemen" or fleet outriders of the dawn, are the first rays of sunrise, "Lords of Lustre.". From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01] Reference
Their offspring were the Asvins, who are more or less analogous in their helpful character to Castor and Pollux. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Mythology] Reference
'To my mind,' says our author, 'there is no chapter in mythology in which we can so clearly read the transition of an auroral myth of the Veda into an epic chapter of Greece as in the chapter of Saranyu (or Surama) and the Asvins, ending in the chapter of Helena and her brothers, the. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Mythology] Reference
However, Night in Mr. Max Muller's system 'has just got to be' Dawn, a position proved thus: 'Yaska makes this clear by saying that the time of the Asvins, sons of Saranyu, is after midnight,' but that 'when darkness prevails over light, that is Madhyama; when light prevails over darkness, that is. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Mythology] Reference
(in India the Asvins, in Greek an ideal war-horse and a girl) differ in character, still the coincidence is evidential. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Mythology] Reference
Corsican Brothers "(compare Myriantheus on the Asvins). From Wordnik.com. [In the Wrong Paradise] Reference
In a later chapter I show that Irving is really one of the Asvins of Vedic mythology, "the Great Twin Brethren," or, in mythic language, "the. From Wordnik.com. [In the Wrong Paradise] Reference
Aditya, 'both being Asvins. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Mythology] Reference
Here, as regards the Asvins and the Dioskouroi. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Mythology] Reference
Asvins, I. 63. From Wordnik.com. [Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3] Reference
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