Krishna,
in Hinduism and Indian mythology, the eighth avatar, or incarnation,
of the god Vishnu. According to tradition, Vishnu appeared as Krishna
to rid the world of a tyrannical king named Kamsa, the son of a demon.
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Hanuman,
monkey deity in Hinduism, son of the wind and a monkey-nymph. The
hanuman monkey, one of the most common types of monkey in India, is
named after the deity. In the Ramayana (Story of Rama) epics,
Hanuman plays an important role. Rama (deity worshiped as the seventh
incarnation of Vishnu) is assisted by Hanuman, chief of the monkeys, in
his great battle for the rescue of his wife Sita. |
