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SEA FABLES EXPLAINED.
In one of his " ava-
tars," or incarnations,
the god Vishnu "the
Preserver," is repre-
sented as issuing from
the mouth of a fish.
He is celebrated as
having miraculously
preserved one righteous
family, and, also, the
Vedas, the sacred re-
cords, when the world
was drowned. Not only
is this legend of the
Indian god wrought up
with the history of
Noah, but Vishnu and
Noah bear the same
name — Vishnu being
the Sanscrit form of
"Ish-nuh," "the man
Noah." The word
" avatar " also means
" out of the boat." In
fact the whole myth-
i ology of Greece and
i^ Rome, as well as of
Asia, is full of the his-
tory and deeds of Noah,
which it is impossible
to misunderstand. In all the representations of a deity
having a combined human and piscine form, the original idea
was that of a person coming out of a fish — not being part of
FIG. 6. — FISH AVATAR OF VISHNU.

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Sea fables explained / by Henry Lee.
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10985633
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10456 (Find related Wikimedia Commons images)
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https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10985633
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10.5962/bhl.title.10456
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  • Sea fables explained
  • Mermaids
  • Monsters Are Real
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