Yet the light-god is not slain.

The sun shall rise again in undiminished glory, and he lives, though absent.
By sight and light we see and learn.

Nothing, therefore, is more natural than to attribute to the light-god the early progress in the arts of domestic and social life.

Thus light came to be personified as the embodiment of culture and knowledge, of wisdom, and of the peace and prosperity which are necessary for the growth of learning.
The fair complexion of these heroes is nothing but a reference to the white light of the dawn.

Their ample hair and beard are the rays of the sun that flow from his radiant visage.