Reading Notes: Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists, Nivedita. Part A


  • Shiva refers to Vishnu as "child," and he is the God of Gods
  • Sati wanted to marry Shiva, but her father Daksha was a strict devotee of Vishnu
  • She goes to her own house for the sacrifice after Shiva was uninvited - but to her doom 
    • Next story should be written on Sati 
  • Sati immolated herself, angering Shiva, who wreaked havoc on the world and on Daksha
  • Sati was reborn as Uma (Parvati)
  • Tiger-Foot: a pious saint who prayed to have hands and feet of a tiger from Shiva 
  • Shiva danced in the forests of Taragam and beat the heretical gurus in their acts
  • The churning of the ocean: the gods and asuras worked together to try and retrieve the nectar of immortality; many obstacles came out of the ocean in the process, but Shiva helped overcome them 
    • He drank the poison that came out of the ocean, causing his throat to turn blue 
  • Birth of Ganga: wrote a story in my Storybook about this 


A picture depicting the churning of the ocean by the Gods and Asuras. Vishnu, in one of his avatars, aids them. Source. 

Biblography: "Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists," by Sister Nivedita. Source. 

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