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| Keywords: Sea fables explained (14967407043).jpg SEA FABLES EXPLAINED <br> In one of his ava- <br> tars or incarnations <br> the god Vishnu the <br> Preserver is repre- <br> sented as issuing from <br> the mouth of a fish <br> He is celebrated as <br> having miraculously <br> preserved one righteous <br> family and also the <br> Vedas the sacred re- <br> cords when the world <br> was drowned Not only <br> is this legend of the <br> Indian god wrought up <br> with the history of <br> Noah but Vishnu and <br> Noah bear the same <br> name ” Vishnu being <br> the Sanscrit form of <br> Ish-nuh the man <br> Noah The word <br> avatar also means <br> out of the boat In <br> fact the whole myth- <br> i ology of Greece and <br> i Rome as well as of <br> Asia is full of the his- <br> tory and deeds of Noah <br> which it is impossible <br> to misunderstand In all the representations of a deity <br> having a combined human and piscine form the original idea <br> was that of a person coming out of a fish ” not being part of <br> FIG 6 ” FISH AVATAR OF VISHNU <br> After Calmet and Maurice 10985633 41337 10456 Page 6 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/10985633 1883 10 5962/bhl title 10456 International Fisheries Exhibition; Lee Henry Biodiversity Heritage Library Sea fables explained Mermaids Monsters Are Real Folklore Ocean Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 10985633 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/10985633 bhlMonstersRreal Halloween mermaid smithsonian libraries bhlmonstersrreal halloween Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-10-21 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/14967407043 2015-08-25 17 58 19 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Sea fables explained Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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