The Mythology Book

199 Ahura Mazda depicted on a fire temple in Yazd, Iran. The ca. 6th- century bce emblem incorporates and adapts the winged sola ...

200 See also: The birth of Ganesha 201 ■ The game of dice 202–03 ■ The Ramayana 204–09 ■ The fish-eyed goddess finds a husband 2 ...

201 See also: Brahma creates the cosmos 200 ■ The game of dice 202–03 ■ The Ramayana 204–09 ■ Durga slays the buffalo demon 210 ...

202 T he Game of Dice is a pivotal moment in India’s epic, the Mahabharata. Thought to be the longest poem ever composed, the Ma ...

ASIA 203 See also: Ahura Mazda and Ahriman 198–99 ■ Brahma creates the cosmos 200 ■ The birth of Ganesha 201 ■ The Ramayana 204– ...

RAMA IS VIRTUOUS AND THE FOREMOST AMONG ALL RIGHTEOUS MEN THE RAMAYANA US_204-209_Avatars_of_Vishnu.indd 204 05/12/17 4:15 pm US ...

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206 THE RAMAYANA IN BRIEF THEME Moral conduct SOURCE The Ramayana, Va l mi k i, ca. 5th century bce. SETTING Ayodhya, India; Lan ...

ASIA 207 See also: Brahma creates the cosmos 200 ■ The game of dice 202–03 ■ The birth of Ganesha 201 The marriages of Prince Ra ...

208 THE RAMAYANA leading Rama farther into the forest. Lakshmana heard Rama’s voice calling out for help; he drew a protective c ...

ASIA 209 refused, insisting that only her husband should liberate her. Hanuman asked her for a token he could show Rama to help ...

210 See also: ■ Brahma creates the cosmos 200 ■ The game of dice 202–03 ■ The Ramayana 204–09 I n Hindu mythology, the buffalo d ...

211 See also: The game of dice 202–03 ■ The Ramayana 204–09 ■ Durga slays the buffalo demon 210 M eenakshi is known as the Fish- ...

212 YOU ARE TO BE THE KING OVER ALL THE WORLD THE ORIGINS OF THE BAIGA T he Baiga people from the area around the Mandla hills i ...

213 Members of the Baiga take part in the three-day Dharohar festival hosted in Indore, India. The event is a celebration of Wor ...

214 YANG BECAME THE HEAVENS, YIN BECAME THE EARTH PANGU AND THE CREATION OF THE WORLD A ccording to the most commonly accepted ( ...

215 See also: Creation 18–23 ■ Creation of the universe 130–33 ■ Yi shoots the sun 216–17 ■ Jumong 230–31 ■ Cherokee creation 23 ...

216 THE 10 SUNS ALL ROSE AT ONCE, SCORCHING THE SHEAVES OF GRAIN YI SHOOTS THE SUN O riginally there were 10 suns. Xihe, a solar ...

217 See also: Pangu and the creation of the world 214–15 ■ The adventures of the Monkey King 218–19 ■ The legend of the five sun ...

218 I’LL ROAM THE CORNERS OF THE OCEANS AND GO TO THE EDGE OF THE SKY THE ADVENTURES OF THE MONKEY KING T he classical Chinese s ...