Hindu

The term Hindu mythology collectively refers to a long body of Indian

gy.
interspersed with doctrinal discourses and ethical.
Although they are often classified as "Hindu mythology" or "from
India," the label does not capture the centrality of the religious and spiritual
affiliations of the texts, which currently persist for most Hindus. They are
replete with long religious speeches and are often seen as a source for Hindu
ethics and practice.
It should be noted that for Hinduists their traditions are not
mythology. A parallel example would be to call the Bible as Christian
mythology.
Among the most important texts are the Puranas. Other important
works of Hindu mythology are the two great Hindu epics, the Ramanaya and
the Mahabharata (which includes the text Bhagavad Gita, very sacred in
India).
Hindu mythology focuses on different avatars or incarnations of the
God Vishnu and his associates.
Vishnu is a god worshiped in Hinduism. However, in Vaisnavism,
Vishnu is identical to the abstract metaphysical concept called brahman, the
supreme, Svayam bhagavan, who has several avatars to act as "the
conservative, protector" when the world is threatened by evil, chaos, and
destructive forces. Of his avatars (incarnations) Krishna, in the Mahabharata,
and Rama in the Ramayana can be highlighted. It is also known as Narayana,
Jagannath, Vasudeva, Vithoba, and Hari.
The first appearance of Vishnu is found in the Rig-veda (the oldest text
in India, from the middle of the 2nd millennium B.C., transmitted orally since
writing had not yet been developed in India). There he is presented as a
minor god, secondary to other Rigodic gods. However, in later religious
scriptures, Vishnu is one of the main and most powerful deities of religion as
Vishnu performs surprising actions due to his omnipotence, for example:
*Vishnu lies at the bottom of the universe, expands and all the activity
of living beings within the cosmos, for him is a simple nap.
*He also has another type of dream called "Yogic Dream" within the
Vaikhunta, a place of precious stones where Vishnu currently lives with his
family, when he begins this dream, he lies down and when he sleeps, on his
breath he exhales millions of universes as material particles.
*One of his items that he owns called Sudarshana Chakra gives him the
ability to slaughter demons and really colossal beings without any apparent
problem.
Vishnu's consort is Laksmi-devi, the Goddess of fortune. This sakti
(‘energy’) is the samvit (‘complete knowledge’) of the god, while the other
five attributes arise from this samvit. Śakti is the aham-mata (‘thought of the
self’) of Vishnu. She is personified in Hindu folklore and is called Sri or Laksmi.
Vishnu cannot be part of his own energy or creativity (ahamta: 'quality
of self'). Therefore, he needs his consort the goddess Laksmi to be with him
always, untouched by anyone else. So, the goddess has to accompany Vishnu
in all his incarnations.
In Hinduism, an avatar is the earthly incarnation of a god, in particular
Vishnu. It is the equivalent in comparative mythology of the Greek and
Roman demigods.
The word is also used to refer to incarnations of gods or to highly
influential teachers of religions other than Hinduism, especially adherents of
Dharmic traditions when trying to explain characters such as Christ.
The main incarnations of God Visnu are:
* Matsia: There are two main legends about this avatar, the first
relates that Matsya appeared to King Manu (whose original name was
Satiavrata, then King of Dravida, when he was washing his hands in a river.
The little fish asked him to save it, so the king put it inside his burbot (copper
bowl), the fish grew, and the king had to put it in a puddle. It grew again and
the king put it in a lake. It grew again and the king put it in the ocean. Matsia
told the king that a flood would come. The king built a great ship, where he
housed his family and the semen of all the animals to repopulate the Earth.
He hooked the ship to the horn of the Matsia fish, which dragged them
through the deluge. This story is very similar to other stories of the Universal
Flood in Sumerian (pre-Hindu) mythology, both of which preceded the
Biblical story of Noah's Ark.
The other legend tells us that long ago, when life appeared on Earth, a
terrible demon terrified Earth. He prevented the sages from performing their
rituals and stole the sacred Vedas. He took refuge inside a conch in the
depths of the ocean. Brahmā, creator of the world, approached Visnú asking
for help. It immediately assumed the shape of a fish and plunged into the
ocean. He killed the demon, opened his stomach, and drew the Vedas, which
had become four within the demon's four-fold belly: Rig, Sama, Iáyur, and
Átharva.
* Varaha: This god appeared out of nowhere (had no birth like other
avatars such as Rama or Krishna) to destroy the demon Jirania Akshá ('gold-
eyes', golden eyes, or who has eyes only for money), a daitya (demon) who
had taken Earth (Prthuí) and hidden it at the bottom of the ocean from the
bottom of the universe (probably muddy, to explain the reason for the
incarnation as a boar, who found Earth by smell). The battle between Lord
Boar and Jiraniakshá lasted a thousand years, until Vishnú conquered and
killed him. Varaja pulled Earth from the ocean floor and put it back in its
place at the center of the universe. Vishnu married Prithuí (Bhudevi) in this
avatar.
* Narasimha: The Vedas relate that when the demon Jirania Akshá was
defeated by Varaha, the brother of the demon Jirania kasipu, he was filled
with hatred against Lord Vishnu and in order to defeat him he did many
austerities in order to obtain mystical powers, so many were his austerities
that Lord Brahma had to make a concession to him so that he would not alter
the order of the universe. In this way the demon asked Brahma: "Please grant
me that I am never killed by any living entity" - Hiranyakasipu asked; "that I
do not die inside or outside any residence, day or night, on earth or in
heaven; that I am not killed by any of your creations, by any weapon, or by
any man or animal. That I do not know death by any living entity, be it mobile
or immobile. That I have no rival; May I be the sole ruler over all
superintendent entities and deities, and may I acquire all mystical powers.”
And it was granted. His queen, Kayadhu, gave him a son named Prahlada, a
boy full of virtuous goodness, pure devotee of Lord Vishnu. What his father
didn´t like because he wanted to convert him from a powerful demon.
Knowing the spiritual inclinations of his son, he sent him to kill, but such was
the faith of Prahlada that no weapon managed to harm him, thus increasing
the anger of his father.
Hiranyakasipu despaired and taking up his sword he challenged the
boy: "You say that there is a being superior to me" - Hiranyakasipu said - "but
where is He? If He is present everywhere, then why is He not present in this
column in front of You? Do you think He is in this column? ". Yes, Prahlada
replied. Cursing him more and more, Hiranyakasipu took his sword, rose from
his throne and with great fury struck first in the middle of the column. From
the column appeared the protector of the boy with a form never seen
before, a form half man and half lion. Lord Nrsimha then fought with
Hiranyakasipu. Finally, He captured it and placed it on His lap, at the entrance
gate to His palace, and cut it to pieces with some of His many hands and
powerful nails. The Supreme Lord adorned Himself with a garland made from
Hiranyakasipu's intestines. It ripped out his heart and finally destroyed the
army made up of his followers.
The execution was carried out neither inside nor outside his residence,
but at the entrance; neither on earth nor in heaven, but on the lap of the
Lord; neither during the day, nor at night, but at twilight; neither by man,
beast or demigod, nor by any created being, but by the Supreme Personality
of Godhead; not by any weapon, but by the lotus hands of the Lord, thus
relieving the entire universe of the demonic activities of Hiranyakasipu.
* Rama: In the Hindu religion, Rama is an avatar (‘descent’ of God) of
Visnú, who was born in India to free her from the yoke of the demon Ravana.
He is usually represented as a young man with light blue or light green skin,
dressed in a yellow dhoti (tunic-pants), with his hair tied in a bow to his head
in the manner of ascetics. In one of his hands he can hold a bow, with the
other he makes the mudra (Hindu gesture) of promise of protection. His life
is told in the Ramanaya of Valmiki.
* Krishna: Krishna is one of the most important Heroes of the Yadu
Clan, considered an incarnation of the Vishnu God of India. According to
Hinduism, Krishna is one of the numerous avatars (‘incarnations’) of the god
Visnú. Instead, according to Krishnaism, Krishna is the main form of God,
from whom Visnú and the other gods (such as Shiva and Brahma) emanate.
Krishna Himself declares: “Whenever righteousness declines and
injustice increases, I manifest Myself; and for the protection of the virtuous,
the destruction of the vicious and the restoration of righteousness, I
incarnate from age to age ” (Bhagavad-gītā, chapter IV, verses 7-8).
Krishna belonged to the tribe of the yadus, of the lunar dynasty. How
his uncle Kamsa ('bronze') - Devaki's cousin and tyrant of the Vrisni kingdom
based in the city of Mathura - was warned by the sage Narada Muni that he
would die at the hands of a son of Devaki with her husband Vasudeva (a
noble of the court), Kamsa imprisoned them. Although Devaki and Vasudeva
tried not to have children (to prevent him from dying), they did have one
every year. Kamsa was murdering one by one all the children who were born
in captivity. The seventh son, Balaram, escaped death by being transferred
from Devaki's imprisoned womb to that of Rohini (Vasudeva's non-
imprisoned wife, who had been under the care of Pastor Nanda and had no
contact with Vasudeva for several years). Visnu was incarnated as the eighth
son, in the form of Krishna. Currently there is now a temple (Krisna Yanma
Bhumi) where Hinduists believe King Kamsa's cell was. To take him away
from death, his father miraculously took him out of the cell and took him to
Vrindavan (10 km away), where he surreptitiously replaced him during sleep
with a baby who had just given birth to Nanda's wife, Yashoda. He returned
to the cell, where Yashoda's daughter - who was actually Krishna's material
energy, known as Durgá - made herself known to Kamsa and warned him
that the son who was to kill him had already been born and that he could do
nothing. Against that since Visnú's plans are never frustrated. In the house
where Krishna stayed, there was already a baby, who would be his older
brother, Balaram.
 In Krishna's adulthood stories a younger sister, Subhadra, also appears,
but she is not named in Krishna's youth stories.