Guest guest Posted July 9, 2002 Report Share Posted July 9, 2002 Thank you for translating your previous post into English. I am sure many members here appreciate it as much as I do. Look forward to future messages from you. Ganesha bless Sy susanna sozzi <susannasozzi (AT) libero (DOT) it> wrote: The majority of the legends about Ganesha are contaneid in the Shiva Purana,Linga Purana, Brahmavaivarta Purana, Skanda Purana and in the Padma Puranaand also in the two Upa Purana, the Ganesha Purana and the Magdala Purana.In these two last texts Ganesha is considered as Absolute God, to whomBrahma, Vishnu and Shiva must obey and from whom they receive the necessaryhelp to save the world from evil.They are the reflex of the primitive totemic cult of the elephant, that wasabsorbed from Induism.The assimilation was very slow but was certanly helped from the diffusion ofthe ancient legends about the elephant God.For the philosophers Ganesha represents the OM, symbol of the Brahma , thesound from which the world was generated.For the theologians Ganesh is the incarnation of Vaak, the Verb. But forcommun people he is the protagonist of fantastic stories that sincecenturies in India are told to children to make them sleep. New! SBC Dial - 1st Month Free & unlimited access Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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