Demigod of Art and Music?

[Tirisilex]

I know.. I know.. I keep asking about demigods..

Whats the name (if there is one) of the demigod of art and music?

[Baobabtree]

Saraswati (though personally I don't consider her a demigod).

[guliaditya]

Tirisilex,

 

Why don't you use devta instead of demi god???

Demi god is a very wrong word?????

 

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[bija]

Narada Muni http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narada_Muni

 

Here is a snippet of rock history that may mean nothing to you;)

 

Jeff Beck's drummer back in the 70's was called Narada Michael Walden

 

Used to think years ago, what a strange name Narada is....now I know...named after the musician of the Great One! That's a big call.

[Tirisilex]

Im sorry it must be an English Translation error.. In all the Gitas Ive read they use the word Demigod.. I have 3 different copies.. Im not very versed in Sanskrit terms.. Is it Devas? Or Devatas? Ive seen this but Ive always seen it translated as Demigod.

[AncientMariner]

I use the word demigod to because that is what I read in Prabhupada's books.

[Tirisilex]

Ancient Mariner.. I find your name interesting were you a sailor in a past life?

[AncientMariner]

 

Ancient Mariner.. I find your name interesting were you a sailor in a past life?

 

 

Thanks, I used to be fan of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden and they had a 15 minute song called Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner based on a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

 

Here is an explanation of the theme of the poem which I have always liked:

 

 

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner relates the supernatural events experienced by a mariner on a long sea voyage. The Mariner stops a man who is on the way to a wedding ceremony, and begins to recite his story. The Wedding-Guest's reaction turns from bemusement and impatience to fascination as the Mariner's story progresses.

The Mariner's tale begins with his ship descending on their journey; despite initial good fortune, the ship is driven off course by a storm and, driven south, eventually reaches Antarctica. An albatross appears and leads them out of the Antarctic; even as the albatross is praised by the ship's crew, the Mariner shoots the bird down: (with my cross-bow / I shot the albatross). The other sailors are angry with the Mariner, as they thought the albatross brought the South Wind that led them out of the Antarctic: (Ah, wretch, said they / the bird to slay / that made the breeze to blow). However, the sailors change their minds when the weather becomes warmer and the mist disappears: ('Twas right, said they, such birds to slay / that bring the fog and mist). The crime arouses the wrath of supernatural spirits who then pursue the ship "from the land of mist and snow"; the south wind which had initially led them from the land of ice now sends the ship into uncharted waters, where it is becalmed.

 

 

Day after day, day after day,

 

We stuck, nor breath nor motion;

 

As idle as a painted ship

 

Upon a painted ocean.

 

 

Water, water, everywhere,

 

And all the boards did shrink;

 

Water, water, everywhere,

 

Nor any drop to drink.

 

Here, however, the sailors change their minds again and blame the Mariner for the torment of their thirst. In anger, the crew forces the mariner to wear the dead albatross about his neck, perhaps to illustrate the burden he must suffer from killing it (Ah! Well a-day! What evil looks / Had I from old and young! / Instead of the cross, the albatross / About my neck was hung). Eventually, in an eerie passage, the ship encounters a ghostly vessel. On board are Death (a skeleton) and the "Night-mare Life-in-Death" (a deathly-pale woman), who are playing dice for the souls of the crew. With a roll of the dice, Death wins the lives of the crew members and Life-in-Death the life of the mariner, a prize she considers more valuable. Her name is a clue as to the mariner's fate; he will endure a fate worse than death as punishment for his killing of the albatross.

One by one all of the crew members die, but the Mariner lives on, seeing for seven days and nights the curse in the eyes of the crew's corpses, whose last expressions remain upon their faces. Eventually, the Mariner's curse is lifted when he sees sea creatures swimming in the water. Despite his cursing them as "slimy things" earlier in the poem, he suddenly sees their true beauty and blesses them (a spring of love gush'd from my heart and I bless'd them unaware); suddenly, as he manages to pray, the albatross falls from his neck and his guilt is partially expiated. The bodies of the crew, possessed by good spirits, rise again and steer the ship back home, where it sinks in a whirlpool, leaving only the Mariner behind. A hermit on the mainland had seen the approaching ship, and had come to meet it with a pilot and the pilot's boy in a boat. This hermit may have been a priest who took a vow of isolation. When they pull him from the water, they think he is dead, but when he opens his mouth, the pilot has a fit. The hermit prays, and the Mariner picks up the oars to row. The pilot's boy goes crazy and laughs, thinking the mariner is the devil, and says "The Devil knows how to row." As penance for shooting the Albatross, the Mariner is forced to wander the earth and tell his story, and teach a lesson to those he meets:

 

 

He prayeth best, who loveth best

 

All things both great and small;

 

For the dear God who loveth us,

 

He made and loveth all.

 

The agony returns until he tells his story and his heart burns every once in awhile.

[bija]

I wondered if your name was after iron maiden's ancient mariner. the first iron maiden album I had in the 80's was 'made in japan'...after that 'piece of mind'...they do rock...and this is a good story for sure.

 

He made and loveth all.

[mahak]

First poet with the first musician. Sang Ramayana to Lord Rama, now that is a performance. Sri Kusa and Sri Lava, these are my heroes and the answer to your query. mahak

[Malati dasi]

From Wikepedia:

In Hinduism, the Gandharvas (Sanskrit: गंधर्व, gandharva) are male nature spirits, husbands of the Apsaras. Some are part animal, usually a bird or horse. They have superb musical skills. They guarded the Soma and made beautiful music for the gods in their palaces. A connection between their name and that of the Greek centaurs was proposed in the 19th century, but has met with strong opposition from some Indo-Europeanists.<SUP class="noprint Template-Fact">[citation needed]</SUP>

In Hindu theology, Gandharvas act as messengers between the gods and humans

 

 

In Buddhism:

A Gandharva (Sanskrit) or Gandhabba (Pāli) is one of the lowest-ranking devas in Buddhist theology. They are classed among the Cāturmahārājikakāyika devas, and are subject to the Great King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Guardian of the East. Beings are reborn among the Gandharvas as a consequence of having practiced the most basic form of ethics (Janavasabha-sutta, DN.18). It was considered embarrassing for a monk to be born in no better birth than that of a gandharva.

Gandharvas can fly through the air, and are known for their skill as musicians. They are connected with trees and flowers, and are described as dwelling in the scents of bark, sap, and blossom. They are among the beings of the wilderness that might disturb a monk meditating alone.

The terms gandharva and yakṣa are sometimes used for the same person; yakṣa in these cases is the more general term, including a variety of lower deities