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Osiris was an Egyptian god, usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead. He was classically depicted as a green-skinned man with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive crown with two large ostrich feathers at either side, and holding a symbolic crook and flail. Plutarch recounts one version of the myth in which Set (Osiris' brother), along with the Queen of Ethiopia, conspired with 72 accomplices to plot the assassination of Osiris. Set fooled Osiris into getting into a box, which Set then shut, sealed with lead, and threw into the Nile (sarcophagi were based on[citation needed] the box in this myth). Osiris' wife, Isis, searched for his remains until she finally found him embedded in a tamarind tree trunk, which was holding up the roof of a palace in Byblos on the Phoenician coast. She managed to remove the coffin and open it, but Osiris was already dead. In one version of the myth, she used a...

Kerala has mainly two rainy seasons. The Southwest Monsoon that arrives in the month of June is called Edavappathy, as it comes in the middle of the month of Edavam on the Malayalam Calendar. People from around the world come here to see the Sky loving the Land. "Love is in land and air the sky is kissing the land with his rain and thunder" We have many Gods that maintain rain, thunder, storm etc in vedas. Lord Indra, Lord Dyaus ( Zeus ), Lord Prajana ( Perkūnas/ sometimes identified with Thor), Maruths etc. Rain is a process managed by large amount of Gods so its not a small process. Mid October witnesses the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon. In the Malayalam calendar this month is called Thulam and hence the name Thulavarsham meaning the 'The Rains in Thulam'. Now the gathering rain clouds are from the Bay of Bengal.  These bearers of rain hurry to Kerala through the Palakkad Gap in the Western Ghats. The swirling, jostling, billowing dark me...

Tuatha de Danann (pronounced Thoo-a day Du-non) is translated as ‘tribe of Danu.’ Scholars are agreed that Danu was the name of their goddess, most probably Anu/Anann. They were a race of God-like people gifted with supernatural powers, who invaded and ruled Ireland over four thousand years ago. In Vedic mythology the Danavas were a race descending from Daksha.  The Danavas were the sons of Danu, who in turn was a daughter of Daksha. Danu is connected with the waters of heavens and she is probably associated with the formless, primordial waters that existed prior to the creation.  The Book of Invasions (Lebor Gebála Érénn compiled c.1150) claims in a poem that they came to Ireland riding in “flying ships” surrounded by “dark clouds.” They landed on Sliabh an Iarainn (the Iron Mountain) in Co. Leitrim, where they “brought a darkness over the sun lasting three days.” There is a lovely line which illustrates perfectly the bewilderment felt towards these conquerors; ...

To know about Bheeshma first we need to know about his past life. Bheeshma was once a God, a vasu, the king of Vasus and his name was Dyaus. ( Greek -Zeus ).While visiting Vashishtha Rishi, Dyaus’s wife Prutha fell in love with the ashram’s Kamadhenu and her calf – main sacred-cow(s) that supplied milk and ghee for the sacraments.  Vashishtha was unwilling to part with his cow for any amount of inducement / money.  At the insistence of his wife, Dyaus abducted the cow(s) with the help of his fellow Vasus. zeus ( Dyaus) On learning of the theft, Vashishtha cursed the Vasus to be born as a human and suffer pain and disappointments.  Vasus begged to be let off the curse.  Those Vasus who had helped in the abduction only out of loyalty, rather than desire for the cow, were told their time on the earth will be limited.  But Dyaus was told that he would suffer a long life for being the instigator and for giving into the unreason...

Diet in Hinduism If we observe the usual prescribed diet system of different people from different caste in India we can understand the how conscious our forefathers were in the case of well being. Let us first of all observe a Brahmin's diet. They usually it vegetarian food with ghee, butter, milk etc. In ancient times we see that Brahmin's are people who never had much hard field works or physically stressful jobs. The most physically shaking job they had was cleaning the vessels and other materials for pooja ( Worship) they sat inside temples, teaching, chanting mantras, writing etc, for such people meat eating will lead to early diseases and body malfunctions. Next taking about "Kshtriyas", Kings ( the ruling class), they are said to have fish and meat day before war. Early men tells that its to invoke the asura nature in them, see it in a more scientific manner we understand that its just to make them more strong and increase stamina during battles .  As ...