. The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day . The Matsva Avatak ok Fish In-carnation. The Kurm Avatar or The Varaha Avatar or Wild Boar The Narasihha Avatar or Man-LionIncarnation. Incarnation. All the Avatar pictures are from Picart. 80 THE HISTORY OF THE DEVIL. began to churn the ocean, which produced Vishnus gem,Kaustubha; Varunani, the goddess of the sea; the Apsa-ras, lovel}^ sprites, corresponding to the Greek nymphs; Indras horse, with sevenheads ; Kamadhenu, the cowof plent}; Airavata, Indraselephant; the tree of abu
. The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day . The Matsva Avatak ok Fish In-carnation. The Kurm Avatar or The Varaha Avatar or Wild Boar The Narasihha Avatar or Man-LionIncarnation. Incarnation. All the Avatar pictures are from Picart. 80 THE HISTORY OF THE DEVIL. began to churn the ocean, which produced Vishnus gem,Kaustubha; Varunani, the goddess of the sea; the Apsa-ras, lovel}^ sprites, corresponding to the Greek nymphs; Indras horse, with sevenheads ; Kamadhenu, the cowof plent}; Airavata, Indraselephant; the tree of abund-ance ; Chandra, the god ofthe moon ; Sura, the goddessof wine; and, finally, Dhan-vantari, the Indian ^scula-pius, who is in possession ofthe water of life. The ser-pent began now to spit ve-nom, which blinded the de-mons, while the gods drankthe Amrita. Aarunani, when con-ceived as goddess of beauty,is called Lakshmi or Shri;and it is noteworthy thatlike Aphrodite of the Greeksshe originates from the frothof the ocean. The third incarnation isthe Varaha-avatar, in whichVishnu, in the shape of awild boar, kills, with his tusks, the demon Hiranyaksha,who threatened
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