Note 1315 — Chapter VII · INCARNATE HUMAN GODS
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A reminiscence of this evolution is preserved in the Brahman theology, according to which the gods were at first mortal and dwelt on earth with men, but afterwards attained immortality and ascended to heaven by means of sacrifice. See S. Lévi, La Doctrine du sacrifice dans les Brâhmanas (Paris, 1898), pp. 37–43, 59–61, 84 sq.