Saranyu (Saraṇyū) or Saranya is the wife of
Surya, and a goddess of the dawn and the clouds in
Hindu mythology, and is sometimes associated with
Demeter. According to
Max Muller and A. Kuhn, Demeter is the mythological equivalent of the Sanskrit Saranyu, who, having turned herself into a mare, is pursued by
Vivasvat, and becomes the mother of the two
Asvins, the Indian
Dioscuri, the Indian and Greek myths being regarded as identical. She is also the mother of
Manu,
Yama and
Yami. According to Farnell, the meaning of the epithet is to be looked for in the original conception of
Erinys, which was that of an earth-goddess akin to
Ge, thus naturally associated with Demeter, rather than that of a wrathful avenging deity.
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[Hindu] In Hindu myth, the wife the Surya, the sun-god, and sometimes regarded as a dawn-goddess.
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