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The Vedic goddesses we have looked at so far are generally benign, protective deities to whom the hymnist typically appeals for

58 wealth, strength and general well being. The goddesses Nirrti has no such benign qualities. She is not mentioned very often in the Rgveda, but when she is the concern of the hymn is to seek protection from her to ask that she be driven away. The scattered references to her seem to equate her, with death, ill luck and destruction. There is just one hymn in the Rgveda 10.59, in which she is mentioned in several times, but that hymn sums-up very well Nirrti's nature. After four verses in which renewed, life, wealth, good, glorious deeds, youth, and continued long life are requested from the gods, the following refrain is invoked, "Let Nirrti depart to distant places." Later Vedic literature describes Nirrti in far more detail and mentions her more frequently than does the Rgveda. Apropriately, she is said to be dark, to dress in dark cloth, and to receive dark husks for her share of the sacrifice, although. Once she is said to have golden looks, she lives in the South, the direction of the kingdom of the dead, is associated with pain.