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Garuda
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What did Garuda look like?

• Human torso
• Demonic face
• Birdlike wings, feet, and tail
• Wings were exceptionally large

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What powers did Garuda have?

• Immortality
• Ability to heal snake bites
• Carrier for Lord Vishnu

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Garudas Story

• When Garuda had just been born from an egg,
  already fully grown, his mother was imprisoned by
  her rival, Kadru and was guarded by two serpents.
  The only way Garuda was able to free his mother
  was for him to steal the amrita or water of
  immortality from the gods, and give it to his
  mothers captor as ransom. Garuda succeeded in
  capturing the amrita and rescuing his mother from
  the serpents, although he made the gods very
  angry for taking their water of immortality.
• (Garuda bottom, Vishnu top)

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How Garuda Became the Carrier

• One day, Garuda took the moon from the sky and
  carried it away with him. The gods found out
  about this robbery and attacked Garuda in an
  attempt to rescue the moon. Because Garuda was so
  powerful, none of the gods could beat him except
  for Vishnu. Garuda surrendered to him and Vishnu
  made him immortal and employed him as his
  carrier.

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How Garuda Is Worshipped
Garuda is not worshipped individually but instead
is worshipped by the Hindu believers along with
Vishnu. In todays paintings and statues,
Garuda is usually depicted alongside or carrying
Vishnu.
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Garudas Relation to Other Myths
-According to Greek myths, ambrosia and nectar
were two of the drinks of immortality kept on
Mount Olympus. The Greek Gods drank this mixture
in order to maintain their immortality. -Greek
ambrosia probably came from the idea of the Hindu
amrita (which was stolen by Garuda).
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Garuda Today
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Garuda Indonesia is a major airline of Indonesia.
The name of this airline is very significant
because Garuda was the carrier of Vishnu and
airplanes are major carriers of people today.
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Works Cited
Garuda. Mailerindia.com. 12 January 2004.
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Works Cited
Heyliger, C. The Mythical Garuda Bird.
http//www.usmta.com/. December 31, 2003.
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MYTHS2020LEGENDS-3.htmgt.