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which are believed to be charged (so to speak) with divinity, though this appears in the fourth Veda  the Atharva. But even in the Rig Veda almost any object that is grand, beneficent, or terrible may be adored; and implements associated with worship are themselves worshiped. WHICH ARE BELIEVED TO BE CHARGED WITH UNITY THO THIS APPEARS IN THE FOURTH WEATHER THE AUTHOR BUT EVEN IN THE WEATHER ALMOST ANY OBJECT THAT IS GRAND BENEFICENT OR TERRIBLE MAY BE ADOWED AND IMPLEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH WORSHIP ARE THEMSELVES WORSHIP
d thirty-nine. There is no _system_, no fixed order in the hierarchy; a deity who in one hymn is quite subordinate becomes in another supreme; almost every god becomes supreme in turn; in one hymn he is the son of some deity and in another that deity's father, and so (if logic ruled) his own grandfather. Every poet exalts his favorite god, till the mind becomes utterly bewildered in tracing the relationships. We have already spoken of Agni, Varuna, and Indra, as well as Soma. Next to these in importance may come the deities of light, namely, the sun, the dawn, and the two Asvina or beams that accompany the dawn. The winds come next. The earth is a goddess. The waters are goddesses. It is remarkable that the stars are very little mentioned; and the moon holds no distinguished place. [Sidenote: Hardly any fetichism in the Rig Veda.] In the religion of the Rig Veda we hardly see fetichism--if by fetichism we mean the worship of small physical objects, such as stones, shells, plants, etc., ENERALLY SAID IN THE WAGA TO BE THRICE ELEVEN IN NUMBER WE ALSO HEAR OF THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY NINE THERE IS NO SYSTEM NO FIXED ORDER IN THE HIERARCHY A DEITY WHO IN ONE HYMN IS QUITE SUBORDINATE BECOMES IN ANOTHER SUPREME ALMOST EVERY GOD BECOMES SUPREME IN TURN IN ONE HYMN HE IS THE SON OF SOME DEITY AND IN ANOTHER THAT DEITY'S FATHER AND SO HIS OWN GRANDFATHER EVERY POET EXALTS HIS FAVORITE GOD TILL THE MIND BECOMES UTTERLY BEWILDERED IN TRACING THE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN OF AGNE VARUNA AND INDRA AS WELL AS SOMA NEXT TO THESE IN IMPORTANCE MAY COME THE DEITIES OF LIGHT NAMELY THE SUN THE DAWN AND THE TWO ASCINA OR BEAMS THAT ACCOMPANY THE DAWN THE WINDS COME NEXT THE EARTH IS A GODDESS THE WATERSOR GODDESSES IT IS REMARKABLE THAT THE STARS ARE VERY LITTLE MENTIONED AND THE MOON HOLDS NO DISTINGUISHED PLACE IN THE RELIGION OF THEATHER WE HARDLY SEE FETISHISM IF BY FETISHISM WE MEAN THE WORSHIP OF SMALL PHYSICAL OBJECTS SUCH AS STONES SHELLS PLANTS ET CETERA
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