21 another hymn describing creation;, it might be thought that they were the seven Sdityas^ who are there cast in that role. Or the "heroes" may be the "three long-haired ones" (trayah kesinah) in the stanza (44) just following that in which the "heroes" are mentioned. These three "longhaired ones" also are not clearly identified;, though a fair guess is that they are Agni, Surya, and Vayu, acting respectively as the fire priest, ^ the supervising priest;, and the manipulating priest at the first sacrifice, It seems that the first sacrificers needed Agni to teach them the ritual so that they could function. It is possible, but not certain, that in RV 1 164»4 Dirghatamas recognizes Agni as the "Structured One" (masc.) whom the "Unstructured One" (literally "boneless" one) bore (k6 dadapsa prafhaman jayarnanarn asfhanvdntam ydd anasthR bibhayti / birumya dsu^ asrg atmS, kvd svit kb vidv^msam upa gat prdstum etdf) . The Unstructured One (fern.) is clearly identified in the second half of the stanza as the Earth. In the stanza (1.164e5) immediately following the one just quoted there is a reference to the first sacrifice^ with a statement that the kavis performing the sacrifice spread out seven threads over the calf, which must be the Structured One of the preceding stanza. Agni^ we may assume., had been instructed in the aksdva and its use by V5cc^ She had^uttered it; in its full sequence (ekapad^ dvipddi sQ, cdtuspadi astapadi navapadi babhuvusiy RV 1.164.41 be)^ apparently teaching it to Agni, who is named as "the firstborn of the rta^ (prafhamaj^, ytdsya l.]64»37; cf. agnVn . = . prafhamaja rtdsya^ RV 10.5.7). He communicates it to priests today^ as is indicated in 1.164.21^ and may be assumed to have communicated it to the first sacrificers when they laid down the precedents, literally "footprints" {pad^ini) „ for future sacrificers (1 164.5); these sacrificers were the kavis mentioned above who spread out the seven threads over the newborn Structured One. At this first sacrifice the Sun was produced (RV 1.164.5-10) and by means of a repetition of that sacrifice it is now caused to rise each morning (Ic164.26-30) so that it can continue to support the universe. Thus the chain of creation is complete. Vac produced the raw material of the universe, the means for organizing it, and taught Agni, who taught the gods, how to use that means. The capstone of the process was the provision that the instruction should be imparted to men so that they could constantly renew creation and thus perpetuate the existence of the universe, The hymns RV 10.71 and 10.125 do not offer materials for a consecutive account o£ Vac in the role of creator. At best they only remark upon certain features of it. The stanzas RV 10.125.7-8 give us the most information: "On the brow of this universe I give birth to the Father. My birthplace (home) is in the Waters in the (heavenly) ocean. Thence 1 spread out over the worlds on all sides. I touch yonder sky with the crown of my head (7). I breathe like the wind supporting all the worlds. Beyond the sky, beyond this earth so great have I become by my might.(8)"