The history of the devil and the idea of evil : from the earliest times to the present day (1900)
Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 · Chicago : Open Court Pub. Co. · leaf 99
er in this exposition of theten avatars into any details that could be omitted and neglect to mention the vari-ants of the myths. 7^ THE HISTORY OF THE DEVIL. tion is of interest because we read in the Pistis Sophia(one of the most important gnostic books) that the booksof leou, which were dictated… … Vishnu, Lakshmi, and Brahma. [Vishnu reclines on a flower, supported by the serpent Ananta (a symbol ofeternity), floating on the primeval waters of the undifferentiated world-substance.]After a native illustration, reproduced from Hermann Goll. tortoise in the kurm-avatar, his second incarnation.…
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