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Page 146
Elsewhere are more specific accounts of the development of the universe
undertaken by Brahma, the creator-god born from the navel of Vishnu. Brahma
made the planets and stars and all the thousands of demi-gods, each of whom
was given ...
Elsewhere are more specific accounts of the development of the universe
undertaken by Brahma, the creator-god born from the navel of Vishnu. Brahma
made the planets and stars and all the thousands of demi-gods, each of whom
was given ...
Page 147
THE TWO GREAT deities to emerge from the early myths are Vishnu and Shiva,
the gods of Maintenance and Destruction respectively. Both have their ardent
devotees who honour them as the Supreme Deity, and their separate traditions of
...
THE TWO GREAT deities to emerge from the early myths are Vishnu and Shiva,
the gods of Maintenance and Destruction respectively. Both have their ardent
devotees who honour them as the Supreme Deity, and their separate traditions of
...
Page 150
On the advice of 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 golden
mountain, ...
On the advice of 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 golden
mountain, ...
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Contents
Introduction | 5 |
India and Australia 229 | 141 |
Greece and Rome 51 Tibet and Africa | 161 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | World mythology |
| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dempsey Parr, 2000 |
| ISBN | 1840844515, 9781840844511 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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