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Updated: May 17, 2025

'The mouse, Rudra, is thy beast, says the Yajur Veda, as rendered by Grohmann in his 'Apollo Smintheus. Grohmann recognises in Rudra a deity with most of the characteristics of Apollo. In later Indian mythology, the mouse is an attribute of Ganeca, who, like Apollo Smintheus, is represented in art with his foot upon a mouse. Such are the chief appearances of the mouse in ancient religion.

Andrew Lang - Custom and Myth