in continuation with Godes
and Godesses part 1 this is the second one in series....
The
monkey king, Hanuman, is the son of the Vedic wind god, Vayu, and the supreme
embodiment of fealty. He has the head of a monkey and the body of a human,
along with the power to fly and change size and shape. Representations of
Hanuman often show him flying through the air while supporting a mountain in
his left hand, a reference to one of his daring feats in the Hindu epic the Ramayana. After locating and rescuing Sita,
the wife of Hindu diety Rama, from Ravana, the demon king who
had abducted her, Hanuman and his army fight alongside Rama and his brother,
Lakshman, in the great battle against Ravana in Lanka. When Lakshman is wounded
in the battle, Hanuman is tasked with finding the herb that will save him.
Hanuman flies to the Himalayas, but when he can't identify the correct herb, he
returns to Lanka with an entire mountain and helps to save Lakshman's life. For
his numerous services and loyalty to Rama, Hanuman has come to be revered as a
symbol of strength and devotion.
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