Indian Myth and Legend

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Father and mother.

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The fighting Rakshasas of the Mahábhárata are all males. Here the female—the mother of demons—is prominent, as in Beowulf and typical Scottish stories.

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A Gaelic axiom says, “Every weapon has its demon”.

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“The remains of the capital founded by Janaka, and thence termed Janakpur, are still to be seen, according to Buchanan, on the northern frontier at the Janeckpoor of the maps.”—Note to Professor H. H. Wilson's translation of the Uttara Rama Charita.

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Pron. ky-kay-yee´.

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Nasik. About 100 miles from Bombay.

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Names of the wives of Vishnu and Shiva.

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Pron. Jata´yus.

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Among the Nilgiri mountains.

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These apes are the incarnations of the Vedic deities who sojourned on earth according to Vishnu's command.

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Also “Adam's Bridge”. The green Celtic fairies are similarly credited with making island chains and long jutting promontories which stretch out from opposite shores of arms of the sea.

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Like Hydra against which Hercules fought.