As further proof of their position, they point to the similarity in the most ordinary words in the various languages of the same family, and show that they have undergone few or very trifling changes. […] In Hindoo mythology the “changer of form.” […] A Roman name of Venus, signifying the power of love to change the hard-hearted. […] Vertum′nus [Vertumnus] (“the Turner,” “Changer”). […] From Zeus come all changes in the sky or the winds; he is the gatherer of the clouds which dispense fertilizing rain; and is also the thunderer and hurler of lightning.