Note 11 — Chapter XIV · Creation Myths and the God and Goddess Cults
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“He did not feel delight. Therefore nobody, when alone, feels delight. He was desirous of a second. He was in the same state as husband (Pati) and wife (Patni).… He divided this self two fold. Hence were husband and wife produced. Therefore was this only a half of himself, as a split pea is of the whole.… The void was completed by woman.”11