Ushas and Ratri, Dawn and Night, are sisters born of Dyaus the sky-father, eternally alternating as one yields the horizon to the other in the Rigvedic cosmic cycle.
⚠ The Rigveda consistently names Dyaus as Ushas's father (RV 1.48, 7.75), while the Brahmana texts (Aitareya Brahmana 3.33, Shatapatha Brahmana 1.7.4) attribute her origin to Prajapati.
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