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Legend · 5 tellings · contested
Svarbhanu darkens the Sun; Rahu and the Sun's anger
Svarbhanu, an Asura, pierces the Sun with darkness; all creatures are bewildered.
Legend · 3 tellings · contested
The three black bricks of Nirriti
The gods build the first hearth, climb it and see only impenetrable darkness.