The Gathas, which are said to be the oldest portions of the work, the work of Zoroaster himself, have the same or nearly the same kind of metre as the vedic hymns, but there is greater liberty.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
M. Cosquin and others bring in the vedic myth of Urvasi and Pururavas, but we have seen reason to reject the notion that the tale is, in its essence, mythological, and therefore need not consider its relation to Indian mythology.
"Europa's Fairy Book"
Joseph Jacobs
Seems he had a four-by-nine office on the top floor back, over the Studio, and that he was just startin' to introduce the vedic stunt to New York.
"Shorty McCabe"
Sewell Ford