Mythology

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Mythology

• The study of stories, ideas, beliefs, and icons
  that are not necessarily true but taken as a tool
  to learn about a particular culture and people

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Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu

• Parade of the Ants

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Lord Shiva, Goddess Parvarti, and their son Lord
Ganesha

• The destroyer, the dancer, the rhythm keeper

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Lord Vishnu

• The shape shifter and his ten incarnations
• (Das Avatars)

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Matsya avatarthe fish
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Koorma Avatarthe tortoise
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Varaaha Avatarthe boar
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narasimha Avatarthe man lion
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Vaamana Avatarthe dwarf
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parasurama Avatarthe angry man
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rama Avatarthe archer, the perfect
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Krishna Avatarthe devine statesman
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buddha Avatarthe infinite light
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kalki Avatarthe charioteer
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Texts of Indian Mythology

• Ramayana
• Lord Rama incarnation
• Hero Myth
• Bhagavad Gita
• Epic poem of Krishna incarnation
• Hero myth
• Mahabharata
• Epic myth including the Bhagavad Gita

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The animal vehicles