Churning of the Ocean of Milk (Churning of the Ocean of Milk) is one of the three epics of Hinduism.The four gates of Angkor Thom, I saw the mural sculptures on the corridor of Little Angkor.Appeared on the promenade of Suvarnabhumi Airport (Suvarnabhumi) to sort out the story a bit. ^^
In mythology, the immortal nectar is buried in the Ocean of Milk under Mountain Meru. Asuras, the gods in the sky, and Vishnu (the protector of Hinduism) must Work together to dry the sea of milk to obtain the eternal nectar.
It can be seen in the photo that Vishnu is deified as a golden turtle, with Mount Xume as a fulcrum (in the center of the photo), while the asuras and gods lined up, pulling the five-headed giant snake (Naga), Asura pulled the head of the giant snake, and the gods pulled the tail of the giant snake. The body of the giant snake in the middle was a giant cable that churned the sea of milk.Asura has round and convex eyes and fangs, while the gods have apricot eyes. The gods and demons work together to churn the sea of milk while holding a giant snake. (On the wall of Little Angkor, you can see the monkey god Hanuman)
But after a thousand years of tossing, the sea of milk was dried up, and the high heat generated by friction also made the water boil abnormally, and the fish, shrimp, and crocodiles in the sea of milk died.The giant snake spit out deadly venom, and the Brahma (the god of creation) asked Shiva (the god of destruction) to swallow the venom to protect the gods.
The nectar first appeared at this end of the Asura, when the Asura was about to drink, suddenly a lot ofFairy (Apsara), The Flying Fairy has a graceful posture, dancing a seductive dance, the Asuras were dumbfounded, forgetting the nectar of immortality.The gods grabbed the nectar and drank while the asuras were not in their homes.
One of the asuras, seeing that the nectar was about to be drunk by the gods, he turned into a god and queued and took a sip of nectar. The nectar was still in his throat before the nectar was drunk in his stomach. He was seen by the sun and moon gods in the sky as a fake, immediately Cut off his head.Although this Asura's body died, his head did not die because he had already drunk the nectar of immortality.
This head knew that it was the sun god and moon god that made him fall short, so he hated him, chasing after sun god and moon god, occasionally swallowing them into his throat, but because Asura’s throat had been cut off, the sun swallowed The moon god will still run out, this is the origin of solar eclipse and lunar eclipse.
I always thought it was a very interesting story. After visiting Angkor Wat, I found that many myths are very cute and romantic. Share it with everyone! ^^
The gods in the sky.
The expression on the mustache on the right hand side is very funny!
Asuras.
Five-Headed Giant Snake (Naga)
☆ Text collated from:http://www.backpackers.com.tw/guide/index.php/吳哥窟
