We all know the famous Rig Vedic Story of the Indra and Vritra battle. How Indra killed Vritra with his thunderbolt. but while reading Markandey Puran, I found the Vritra whom Indra killed was the reason for the birth of five Pandavas. The story from Markendey Purana Frightened by the severe penance of …
After the dragon Illuyanka wins an encounter with the storm god at Kiskilussa (Anatolia). The storm god’s reaction to this defeat is to call for a feast (of wine and beer), almost certainly representing the Hattian-Hittite Purulli festival in honor of the prosperity and fertility of the land and its people. Inara decides to use …
The Chinese goddess Kuan- Yin’s story is very similar to the Hindu Story of Bhakta Prahlada. How parents of both tortured them to get what they parents want. They were helped by the Gods and rescued every time. They were assisted by supernatural powers. The similarities between the two stories are really interesting. Story of …
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We all know the famous Aesop fables story of Hare and the Tortoise, How Hare tries to trick Tortoise but the tortoise beats him in his own game. The little furry animals, Rabbit and Hare played a very important role in a lot of mythological incidents for cultures where agriculture was developed and they were …
We find the story of destruction by flood and the advent of Matsya Avatar. but there happened one more destruction that was due to a shower of meteorites, maybe the same shower that wiped out the dinosaurs as stated by some theories, that heavy shower of meteorites was the cause of massive destruction at the …
Imagine you are living a very happy life and fulfilling all your desires, earned enough money, the family is grown to three generations, etc. suddenly one day you have to leave every comfort or happiness even your loved ones forever and you would see them never again nor will they be able to see …
While Studying Mythology I came across “academically ” that Krishna is a Puranic God. But when I read the Gopalatapini Upanishad from the Atharva Veda, I can now state that claim is false. As this whole Upanishad describes Krishna as the supreme personality of the Godhead. I am just quoting the related verses to give …