Hindu Myths

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Hindu Myths

A Sourcebook Translated from the Sanskrit

Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology) Hinduism: sacred texts and revered writings

Author: Wendy Doniger

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Language: English

Published by: Penguin

Published on: 24th June 2004

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 471 Kb

ISBN: 9780141903750


Hindu Myths

Recorded in sacred Sanskrit texts, including the Rig Veda and the Mahabharata, Hindu Myths are thought to date back as far as the tenth century BCE. Here in these seventy-five seminal myths are the many incarnations of Vishnu, who saves mankind from destruction, and the mischievous child Krishna, alongside stories of the minor gods, demons, rivers and animals including boars, buffalo, serpents and monkeys.

Immersed in these stories, they demonstrate the Hindu belief in the limitless possibilities of the world - from the teeming miracles of creation to the origins of the incarnation of Death who eventually touches them all.

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