Ved-ava

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Ved-ava is a water deity, common to several

sacrificed to her the first of their catch and observed numerous taboos related to her while fishing. Seeing Ved-ava boded ill, most often drowning. She has been regarded as the spirit of a drowned person or simply as a personification of the water itself.

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References

• "Ved-ava." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia from Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed May 13, 2006.
• "Ved-ava." Encyclopædia Britannica (from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service). Accessed May 13, 2006.