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e. Hindu mythology is the body of myths [a] attributed to, and espoused by, the adherents of the Hindu religion, found in Hindu texts such as the Vedas, [1] the itihasa (the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana, [2]) the Puranas, [3] and mythological stories specific to a particular ethnolinguistic group like the Tamil Periya Puranam and Divya ...
Gajasura is an elephant demon killed by Shiva, in his Gajasurasamhara form. Gajendra the elephant, was rescued by Vishnu from the clutches of Huhu, the Crocodile in the legend of Gajendra Moksha. Ganesha also known as Ganapati and Vinayaka, the elephant headed God. Iravati is a daughter of Kadru and Kasyapa.
Hindu mythology has nurtured the concept of the avatar (avatāra), which represents the descent of a deity on earth. [ 151 ] [ 152 ] This concept is commonly translated as " incarnation ", [ 151 ] and is an "appearance" or "manifestation".
The Hindu pantheon is composed of deities that have developed their identities through both the scriptures of Hinduism as well as regional traditions that drew their legends from the faith. Some of the most popular deities of the Hindu pantheon include: Statue of Ganesha. Ganesha, also called Vinayaka and Ganapati, is a son of Shiva and Parvati ...
The Shiva-related tradition is a major part of Hinduism, found all over the Indian subcontinent, such as India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, [ 57 ] and Southeast Asia, such as Bali, Indonesia. [ 58 ] Shiva has pre-Vedic tribal roots, [ 26 ] having "his origins in primitive tribes, signs and symbols." [ 59 ]
Edelmann suggests that the Deva-Asura dichotomies in Hindu mythology may be seen as "narrative depictions of tendencies within our selves". [ 42 ] The god (Deva) and antigod (Asura), states Edelmann, are also symbolically the contradictory forces that motivate each individual and people, and thus Deva-Asura dichotomy is a spiritual concept ...
Aditi (Sanskrit: अदिति, lit. 'boundless' or 'limitless' [a] or 'innocence' [2]) is an important Vedic goddess in Hinduism. She is the personification of the sprawling, infinite and vast cosmos. She is the goddess of motherhood, consciousness, unconsciousness, the past, the future, and fertility. [4] She is the mother of the celestial ...
The folklore of India encompasses the folklore of the nation of India and the Indian subcontinent. India is an ethnically and religiously diverse country. Given this diversity, it is difficult to generalize the vast folklore of India as a unit. [citation needed] Although India is a Hindu-majority country, with more than three-fourths of the ...