Stories 6
All kinds
Origin
Legend
Local story
Folk tale
From the epics
Festival story
Temple legend
In stone and bronze
How a tradition frames it
Everywhere
Pan-India 240
South India 81
West India 37
East India 37
North India 28
The Himalaya 17
Northeast India 8
Southeast Asia 6
Central India 5
Sri Lanka 1
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Tradition: All traditions · clear
From the epics · 1 telling
Agni carries Indra's message to Marutta
Brihaspati is jealous that Samvarta will officiate at King Marutta's sacrifice.
Legend · 3 tellings · contested
Indra slays Vritra
Vritra lies on the mountain holding the waters.
Legend · 1 telling · contested
Prajapati, hungry Agni and the first offering
Prajapati, alone, brings forth Agni from his mouth as the first of the gods.
Origin · 1 telling · contested
Rudra, the howling archer of the Rigveda
The Rigveda addresses Rudra in three whole hymns and mentions him about seventy-five times.
Legend · 1 telling · contested
The Lady of the Forest (Rigveda 10.146)
A poet calls to Aranyani and asks why she never seeks the village and whether she is not afraid.
Legend · 3 tellings · contested
The Maruts stand by Indra against Vritra
Indra, about to kill Vritra, asks all the gods to support him.