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66 THE HINDOO MYTHOLOGY,
Cgnee, as one of the guardian deities of the earth, is wor-
shipped at the commencement of every festival. He pre-
sides in the S, E.
Bhrigoo, a sagniku. bramhun and a great sage, once cursed
his guardian deity Cgnee, because the latter had not deli-
vered Bhrigoo's wife from the hands of a giant, who
attempted to violate her chastity when she was in a state of
pregnancy. The child, however, sprang from her womb,
and reduced the giant to ashes. Bhrigoo doomed the god
to eat every thing, Cgnee appealed to the assembled gods,
and Brumha soothed him by promising, that whatever he
ate should become pure. Cgnee was also once cursed by
one of the seven rishees, who turned him into cinders.
tJrjoonii, the brother of Yoodhisthiru, at the entreaty of
Cgnee, set fire to the forest Khiinduvu, in order to cure him
of a surfeit contracted in the following manner:—Murootti,
a king, entered upon a sacrifice which occupied him twelve
months, during the whole of which time clarified butter had
been pouring on the fire, in a stream as thick as an ele-
phant's trunk: at length Cgnee could digest no more, and
he intreated Crjoonii to burn this forest, that he might eat
the medicinal plants, and obtain his appetite again.
Swaha, the daughter of Kushyupu, was married to Cgnee.
Her name is repeated at the end of every incantation used
at a burnt-offering, as well as in some other ceremonies.
The reason of this honour is attributed to Cgnee's uxori-
ous ness.
The heaven of this god is called Ggnee-loku. His principal
names are:—Vunhee, or, he who receives the clarified but-
ter in the burnt-sacrifice (homu).—Veetihotru, he who puri-
Cgnee, as one of the guardian deities of the earth, is wor-
shipped at the commencement of every festival. He pre-
sides in the S, E.
Bhrigoo, a sagniku. bramhun and a great sage, once cursed
his guardian deity Cgnee, because the latter had not deli-
vered Bhrigoo's wife from the hands of a giant, who
attempted to violate her chastity when she was in a state of
pregnancy. The child, however, sprang from her womb,
and reduced the giant to ashes. Bhrigoo doomed the god
to eat every thing, Cgnee appealed to the assembled gods,
and Brumha soothed him by promising, that whatever he
ate should become pure. Cgnee was also once cursed by
one of the seven rishees, who turned him into cinders.
tJrjoonii, the brother of Yoodhisthiru, at the entreaty of
Cgnee, set fire to the forest Khiinduvu, in order to cure him
of a surfeit contracted in the following manner:—Murootti,
a king, entered upon a sacrifice which occupied him twelve
months, during the whole of which time clarified butter had
been pouring on the fire, in a stream as thick as an ele-
phant's trunk: at length Cgnee could digest no more, and
he intreated Crjoonii to burn this forest, that he might eat
the medicinal plants, and obtain his appetite again.
Swaha, the daughter of Kushyupu, was married to Cgnee.
Her name is repeated at the end of every incantation used
at a burnt-offering, as well as in some other ceremonies.
The reason of this honour is attributed to Cgnee's uxori-
ous ness.
The heaven of this god is called Ggnee-loku. His principal
names are:—Vunhee, or, he who receives the clarified but-
ter in the burnt-sacrifice (homu).—Veetihotru, he who puri-