i, > > I come across many cases of multiple creatures mixed into one in our > mythology
kalki's favourite
sukabrimham
parrot head human body
> > Ganesha - human body, elephant head ( starting with ganesha for > auspecious purposes) > > > Narasimhar - man lion ( other avatars am skipping since they were more > like the animals themselves - but sculpturally shown as part human) > > sarabeshwarar - man + lion+ bird > > purushua mriga - man+ lion > > garuda - man + eagle > > pulikaal muni - man+ lion paw > > dhaksha - man+ goat head > > Kalaikkoottu Munivar ( Rishya-shringa) - man+ deer head ( one who > gives the potions from the ritual to dasaratha's wives to aid conception) > > patanjali muni - man+ snake ( adishesha amsam) > > whole list of asuras abound > > mahisasuran - man+ buffalo(was he fully a buffalo ) > gajamuhasuran - elephant+ man ( was he purely elephant) > > to be continued > > rgds > vj >
How can we forget beloved Anjaneya (monkey/human), Jambavaan (bear/human), Vaasuki (snake/human), Nandikeshwara (bull/human)..it may be noteworthy that the 'human' element is only occasional in some, perhaps added for creativity - like garuda is a full fledged eagle only, for devotion sake could have been added.
egyptian gods too were half human half animal was it a intution of evolution?
Ammit - crocodile-headed deity Amunet - depicted as a cobra snake or a snake-headed woman Anubis - dog or jackal headed Anuket, goddess of the Nile River, , gazelle-headed Bast - goddess, cat-headed Heget goddess of childbirth frog-headed Horus - the falcon-headed god. Set - aardvark-headed Thoth usually depicted as ibis-headed,
As far as I know there is no great evolutionary theory in egyptian myth. It is very meaningful in its own way with association with egyptian culture.Like Heget the goddess of fertility/childbirth has a frog head since millions of frogs were born after the annual inundation of the Nile, which brought fertility to the otherwise barren lands.Anubis the canine god is associated with afterlife as dogs were used to eat/clean up dead bodies from cemetries. Anuket is the goddess of the Nile (like our Ganga), she does not have a gazelle head, her 'vahanam' is a gazelle, some meaning related to the river, not sure what.
dear sir, you send me that about pulikaal muni have only pulikaal not lion kaal (pulikaal muni - man+ lion paw) he himself ask to the god like that, to pick the flowers for pooja, he cant able to pick the flowers which reside upper part of tree, so he himself ask to god that i want pulikaal, Lord shiva gave him like that.
Has any one watched that program on Dragons on Discovery (or maybe National Geographic)? It was about about a man (or a group) trying to trace the Dragon - whether such creatures actually existed and if they did, how could some of them fly as the body structure doesnt seem to permit them to fly.
Cats are the guardian of the underworld for egyptians and it is no cooked up story that cat skin does attract some sort of electric energy that is not prescribed for many humans.
Many acharyas would not keep any contact with cats. Reasons - unknown.
Egyptians were very connected in worship with sun god(Ra) and most of their worship is with nature.
Our worship is also with Nature, we give nature the form of God as it is easier to relate and work with :-)
Touching Ramayana with this thread, man animal - misc beings / combination and relation can be best felt in Ramayan where we see various animals in communique with the Lord and His fellows.
Hanuman/Sugreeva / Vali etc belonged to a class of beings living under kimpurusha (one under jampudvipa) which is different than saying them as animals.