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The Greek goddess Aphrodite was worshipped as a moon-goddess at
Thespiae in the form of Aphrodite Melianis. The Assyrian goddess
Ishtar was also regarded as the daughter of Sin, the moon-god.
The Greek goddess Artemis was also sometimes identified with the
moon, and regarded as a moon-goddess.
Sinivali mainly represented to the minds of the Vedic Aryans
an image of a goddess of fertility. The Vedic Aryans imagined her
as a goddess who could bestow progeny on the bride. Sinivall's
importance grew in the period of the later Samhitas and the
Br膩hma峁嘺s when agriculture came to occupy a position of great
importance in the lives of the people. With the introduction of
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the iron ploughs in that period agriculture expanded and flourished
bringing a lot of wealth into the hands of the people. The men,
therefore, needed children especially boys for lending them a
helping hand in the various agricultural operations. Sivivali
was also worshipped by them for taking care of their cattle. They
prayed to her for granting them more cattle, and also for removing
diseases among them. This suggests that the outbreak of disease
among the cattle was quite common. The Vedic Aryans required more
cattle to drag their heavy ploughs. According to various texts, for
example, Atharvaveda, V膩jasaney墨 Samhit膩, Maitr膩yani Samhit膩,
Kathaka Samhita and the Taittiriya Brahmana and Satapatha Br膩hma峁嘺,
six, twelve and even twenty-four oxen were used to drag the plough
which must have been large and heavy. They, therefore, prayed for
more cattle because they were invaluable to them in agriculture,
which was their main-stay and source of livelihood.
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