The Sunday herald., 1881-02-20
TnR work reviewed in our columns last

THE work reviewed in our columns last
week on "Sanskrit and Its Kindred Literatures ~
suggests amusing reflections by the facility with
which the anthoress unrddles every myth from those
OF the ancient religions down to those Of the nursery
by reference to the sun and the Dawn. Would 1t not
he rather an Improvement on the celebrated argument
against the existence Of Napoleon Bopapare to es-
plain him away on the grounds jast referred tog lie
is creation OF the Aryan Intellect WORKING In FRANCE
as It has always worked in the worlds history. lie
comes from Corsica because that s TO the eastward,
and Is born In obsruriy-eydently tbs history bf thB
rising lie loves but deserts thu beautiful bride
Of his youtb here called Josephine. hut evidently
none other than our old friend, the Dawn. as per-
soDihed In the tales OF Thesens and Aradne, Jason
and Medea, and dozen Indian and Norwegian heroes
whose names are not familiar to the public. but
who all have this apparently hcartless peculiarly.
OF course the sun must always leave the dawn he
goes forward on his career Of glory Afterwards the
hero OF the myth now under consideration marries
daughter OF Austria ithe east) and has by her
who as he grows up sees his father. This Is
peculiarly of hundreds Of similar myths. Maria
Louisa, like Antigone In the Hdlpus colonneus Is
'tl,e twilight the pale light which springs up oppo
site The setting sun " and the little King Of Rome Is
the infant arb " the pest day which cannot oyertake
Its predecessor, EapoleoB gpes on IKE Hercules like
Rnsem. ihe Of Persia. not ho Gf the Tlrkia legatlol
like slegffied Ike Rama. Ike oland Ike an endless
list Of others IN every land and age, IN word, Ike
the SUM- overcoming obstacles with resistess might.
hut serving others meaner than himself, I'm this
| tile Dreetory,) having niriatiOns with various
Dymphs by the way which varously typfy the oarth
and the clouds which conceal the sun. Finally he
| suffers tremendous diminntion Of bin powers
| IN attacking Russia, that Is. the land Of the
| winter. Is overcome and shut up In the island
| of Eiba, (eyidenly from the sanskrit Ei and Lo,
| "a dark cioud ''-ahem y From this he emerges
for brief OF glory but Is stricken by England,
hat s the land OF the west and the eold)-there Is
the tremendous slaughter held called Waterloo which
| Is met with Ia tho past as the slaughter hall Of
Ulysses aBg tEe suors, of the Vosung saga and the
SIbelpngep Liel, Of fipg Arthur and OF Roland at
BODcesyaes, aud eyileniy none othsr than the Grim
saDssiiben the hero Is carried FAY over PIE waves
and dies. that 10. disappear alone among them which
| needs no explanation. subordinate explanations
might easily De afforded Of Mstsrnich as the serpent
Of 80 many myths, the crafty darkness which over
comes the bright sun, while Napoleon marshas are
the Maruts, or storm winds, Of tho Rig Veda, frOpi
which root Is derived Ares Mars the god Of war
This beautiful Interpretation Ia applicable TO stories of
an sorts ana times. IL viii be remembered that
Gently one Charles A. Dapa, u New York hero, was
accused OF basey desertlng young lady OF his ac-
quaintance the wreck OF the burning steamer Sea-
wanhaka. Marx how plain tale shall put this
down. When We read that this so-called Dana -
| is known as the editor Of the New York San sec
ihe whole significance The young lady Is tho
Dawn again p0rsaniHsJ NE burning ship Is the same
as skidbladnir 0r the Argo, golden rloHd ~ the
morning, and Dana" can no more help sailing
away unconcernedly than any other Of the solar
heroes are 10 be blamed for leaving their brldes.
| Oh, with this clue o reader can 70 through the
pages Of all history and action, ancient aud co,-
temporaneous with results OF which, 10 say the least
| he never dreamed Sir William Jones and Max
| Muller are public bencfactors