"It is obvious that the RV contains a decisively greater portion of the common IE mythological heritage. In fact there is hardly a major motif common in two or more of the other branches that is not found in the RV. ...no major mythological (or religious) feature appears in two or more branches to the exclusion of the Vedic."
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N. D. Kazanas, "Indo-European deities and the Rgveda", Journal of Indo-European Studies, 29(3/4) (2001), pp. 257-294.
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