Indian Mythology dates back to
as early as 7200 B.C. when the first hymns of the RIG VEDA was composed. The
hymns of the RIG VEDA are the first and freshest expression of the sense of beauty
and gladness awakened in the Aryan race by the charms and the bounty of nature.
What began as a celebration of natural elements such as Air, Water and Fire was
converted into the worship of cosmic elements. And thus formed the triad of the
early Vedic Gods - AGNI, VAYU and SURYA. The VEDIC Gods are mere abstractions,
intangible and illusive personifications of the powers of nature. It is in the
post-VEDIC phase or in the PURANAS the gods assumed substantial shape and individual
character.
In the late VEDIC period the two ITIHASAS or epics Ramayana and the Mahabharata
were compiled. The heroes of the Vedic age gradually took place of the shadowy
gods of the Vedic Gods and found their places in the Puranas. This formed the
phase of post-VEDIC gods or the PURANIC GODS who had their seeds and roots in
the VEDAS giving rise to the concept of TRIMURTI.
Thus emerged the transition of Hindu mythology from Vedic Gods (the Cosmic Trinity)
to Puranic Gods (the Hindu Trinity) who took more significant form and entity
and have been worshipped in various forms ever since.
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