Hence the fee is a cow.[31] The tales of the gods, for the most part, are foolish.

But they show well what conception the priests had of their divinities.
Man's original skin was put by the gods upon the cow; hence a cow runs away from a man because she thinks he is trying to get back his skin.
The gods cluster about at an oblation, each crying out 'My name,' _i.e._, each is anxious to get it.

The gods, with the evil spirits--'both sons of the Father'-- attract to themselves the plants; Varuna gets the barley by a pun.

They build castles to defend themselves from the evil spirits.

Five gods are picked out as worthy of offerings: Aditi, Speech, Agni, Soma, the Sun (five, because the seasons are five and the regions are five).