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The World Turtle in Hindu belief is known as Akupāra, or sometimes Chukwa, a chiranjeevi. [6] Bedawang or Bedawang Nala is a giant turtle in Balinese mythology who brought the whole world on his back. In the creation mythology of the world, it represents a change from Antaboga. He along with two dragons support the human world.
Folklorists often go further, defining myths as "tales believed as true, usually sacred, set in the distant past or other worlds or parts of the world, and with extra-human, inhuman, or heroic characters". [15] In classical Greek, muthos, from which the English word myth derives, meant "story, narrative." Hindu mythology does not often have a ...
List of creation myths; List of legendary creatures by type; List of mythology books and sources; List of mythological objects; List of culture heroes; List of world folk-epics; Lists of deities; Lists of legendary creatures; National myth; Mythopoeia
Cree (Knisteneaux): Knisteneaux Flood Myth [citation needed] Hopi mythology: Entrance into the Fourth World [citation needed] Inuit: flood myth [10] Menomini: Manabozho and the Flood [7] Miꞌkmaq: Two Creators and their Conflicts [7] Nipmuc: Cautanowwit [7] Nisqually: In the beginning of the Nisqually world. [11] Ojibwe: Great Serpent and the ...
In stories it is said to assume any weapon's shape, just like water. This weapon is commonly mentioned as being used to counter the Agneyastra. Dhanush & Shara. Ājagava - The bow of Rājā Māndātā and Pŗthu (see Pinaka). Arrow of Brahma - The arrow given by the sage Agastya to Rama (seventh avatar of Vishnu) and was used to kill Ravana.
Story of Arjuna, of royal line of Kuru Kingdom: Sanskrit: Lord Ganesha while Veda Vyasa narrated it. 400 BCE - 400 CE [4] Purva Mimamsa Sutras: Sanskrit: Rishi Jaimini: 300 BCE - 200 BCE Bhagavad Gita: Krishna's advice to Arjuna on duty. Sanskrit: Veda Vyasa: 200 BCE - 200 CE [4] Not a separate work. Part of Mahabharata. Panchatantra ...
Fairy tales from India, short stories that belong to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic , enchantments , and mythical or fanciful beings. India portal
It is said that he was the most handsome man in the world. He was an expert in the art of sword warfare. He was also greatly associated with horses. During the Kurukshetra war, he was the one who killed most of the offspring of all the Kauravas. Sahadeva: the fifth brother of the Pandavas. He was an expert in the art of axe warfare.