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Tvaṣṭṛ and the Ṛbhus: Divine Craft and the Artisan Theology of the Rigveda
The Rigveda's artisan deities, Tvaṣṭṛ the divine fashioner and the three mortal Ṛbhus who won immortality through craft, reveal a Vedic theology where making rivals praying. Their myths encode real tensions about skill, authority, and who gets to be a god.