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Ashvins

Ashvins, a god of the Hindu world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.

Tradition: hinduism

Documented identifications

LinkWho said soNote
shares descent with Castor and Pollux (Dioscuri)Proto-Indo-European divine twinsThe horse-riding Vedic Ashvins and the Greek Dioscuri are the inherited sons of the sky god.
shares descent with AlcisProto-Indo-European divine twinsThe Germanic Alcis are another branch of the divine twins.

Sources

  1. Proto-Indo-European mythology (Wikipedia)
  2. Proto-Indo-European mythology (Wikipedia)
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