The Vishnu hymn 1.154 of the Rigveda (1700-1200 BCE) contains a verse with allusions to a wild beast, dread, prowling, mountain-roaming, which has been interpreted by some to be the Narasiṃha legend. Another hymn 8.14 alludes to the Namuci legend with waters' foam you tore off, Indra, the head of Namuci, subduing all contending hosts, but the hymns does not present details.