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... Vishnu , and it is really he who creates and controls all . Without him they can do nothing . Vishnu rests with his ever - present attendants , on the serpent , Ananta . ▽ The creator god Vishnu seen here riding on Garuda with the ...
... Vishnu , and it is really he who creates and controls all . Without him they can do nothing . Vishnu rests with his ever - present attendants , on the serpent , Ananta . ▽ The creator god Vishnu seen here riding on Garuda with the ...
Page 149
... Vishnu they made a pact to co - operate together . Vishnu told them to throw all kinds of vegetables , grass , creepers and herbs into the ocean of milk and churn it . To churn the ocean they would have to use the gold- en mountain ...
... Vishnu they made a pact to co - operate together . Vishnu told them to throw all kinds of vegetables , grass , creepers and herbs into the ocean of milk and churn it . To churn the ocean they would have to use the gold- en mountain ...
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... Vishnu's descent to rid the universe of the tyranny of Ravana . Rama returned triumphantly to Ayodhya with Sita and ... Vishnu . In his first birth he was Hiranyakashipu , who was killed by Narasimha , the fourth incarnation of Vishnu ...
... Vishnu's descent to rid the universe of the tyranny of Ravana . Rama returned triumphantly to Ayodhya with Sita and ... Vishnu . In his first birth he was Hiranyakashipu , who was killed by Narasimha , the fourth incarnation of Vishnu ...
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Aboriginal Aesir Amaterasu ancestors ancient animals Arnhem Land Australia Baal became believed bird birth body brother Buddha Buddhist called carved Celtic Celts century BCE civilisation creation myths creatures Cúchulainn cult culture cycle Daksha dance daughter dead death deities demons depicted descended divine earth Enki Enlil Ereshkigal evil father female fertility figure fire fish flood Freyja giant Gilgamesh goddess gods Greek head heaven hero Huitzilopochtli human hunting important Indian Inuit island Izanagi journey killed king Krishna lived Loki Lugh magic married Mesoamerica Mesoamerican Mexica moon mother mountain mythic mythology nature night Ninurta ocean Odin Okuninushi origin painting religion religious ritual river Roman sacred sacrifice serpent shaman Shiva Slav soul spirits stone stories Sumerian supernatural Susa-no-o symbol Taíno temple themes Thor tion told tree tribes trickster Tuatha Dé Danann Ugarit underworld Vishnu warrior wife woman women worshipped Zeus