29/158 Between morning and afternoon, as representative of gods and Manes respectively, stands midday, which, according to the same authority (II.4.2. The passage first cited continues thus: 'The seasons are gods and Fathers; gods are immortal; the Fathers are mortal.' In regard to the relation between spring and the other seasons, the fifth section of this passage may be compared: 'Spring is the priesthood; summer, the warrior-caste; the rains are the (_vic_) people.'[14] Among the conspicuous divine forms of this period is the Queen of Serpents, whose verses are chanted over fire; but she is the earth, according to some passages (_[=A]it. Br._. |