Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
Or they are records of physical and geographical conditions of the places where the people who wrote them were at a particular time during their long voyages over milleniums. You see, rescuing the sun by a warrior/king/God of the tribe, whether it is Indra, Verethragna or Thor, extends from Norway to India.
COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY
The ancient calendars of the European Aryan races — The plurality of Dawns in the Lettish, the Greek and the Celtic mythology — The ancient Roman year of ten months and Numa’s reform thereof — Plutarch’s view — Improbability of Lignana’s theory pointed out — The ancient Celtic year — Closed with the last day of October and marked the commencement of winter and darkness— The winter feast celebrated on the day — The mid-summer feast of Lugnassad on the first of August — The commencement of summer on the first of May — The date of the battle of Moytura — Similar duration of the Old Norse year — Comparison with the ancient Greek calendar — All indicate six months’ light and six months’ darkness — Corroboration derived from comparative philology — Two divisions of the year in primeval times — The Maid of Nine Forms in the Celtic mythology — The Nine paces of Thor in the Norse legend — Compared with the Vedic Navagvas and Vifra Navaza in the Avesta — Balder’s home in the heavens — Indicates the long Arctic day — The Slavonic story of Ivan and his two brothers — Continuous night in Ivan’s home — Comparison with the Vedic legend of Trita — The Slavonic winter demon — The story of Dawn and Gloaming in the Finnish mythology — Indicates a long day of four weeks — Celtic and Teutonic legends representing the Sun-god’s annual struggle with darkness — Baldur and Hodur, Cuchulainn and Fomori — Temporary sickness and indisposition of gods and heroes — Prof. Rhys’ views thereon — The affliction indicates winter darkness — Celtic and Teutonic myths indicating long continuous day and night — Recent ethnological researches in favor of European home referred to — Indicate northern Germany or Scandinavia — The necessity of going still farther North — Prof. Rhys’ method and conclusion.
https://archive.org/details/TheArcticHomeInTheVedas Chapter XII, Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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