Benevolent Night has assumed to herself the splendor of a lion, a leopard, a tiger, the neighing of a horse and the call of a man. The shining maiden takes many a form.
Atharva Veda XIX, 49, 4
May Night, succeeding the Sun, be auspicious! May this mother of frost be attentive to our cry! Turn your ear, O blessed, to this song of praise with which I worship you on every side!
Atharva Veda XIX, 49, 5
As a king in his stately splendor, you enjoy, O radiant Night, our hymn of praise. May we, as one Dawn succeeds another, possess many heroes, be filled with all wealth!
Atharva Veda XIX, 49, 6
Therefore even today they say of one who does not practise charity, who has no faith and who does not perform sacrifices: He is verily a demon; for such is the doctrine of the demons. The demons deck the bodies of the dead with garlands and perfume, with raiment and with ornaments, for they think that thus they will win the world beyond.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VIII, VIII – The Doctrine of the Demons, 5
But Indra, even before he had reached the gods, saw this difficulty: As this reflection in the water is well adorned when the body is well adorned, well dressed when the body is well dressed, clean when the body is clean, so this reflection in the water will be blind if the body is blind, one-eyed if the body is one-eyed, crippled if the body is crippled and will perish if the body perishes.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VIII, IX – The Shadow Self is Perishable, 1
