Algonkin god Mana-bus^ (‘Gigantic Hare’) = Vis.n.u/Kr.s.n.a
Mana-bus^ |
Vis.n.u/Kr.s.n.a |
"Manabozho climbed on Buzzard’s back and soon they were flying" (HNAM, p. 128). |
Vis.n.u rideth on the back of the flying bird Garud.a (often identified as a vulture). |
Mana-boz^o balded the head of Buzzard (HNAM, p. 128). |
Devotees of Kr.s.n.a are shaven (mun.d.a)-headed. |
[Eastern Ojibwa] "Nenabush ... ran off with all of the women’s skirts." (HNAM, p. 130) |
Acyuta (Kr.s.n.a) stole the skirts of the women at Vr.n.d.avan.a. |
[Wisconsin Ojibwa] Wene-bojo’s youngest brother "was a stone. ... So Wenebojo poured water over the brother and the stone cracked to pieces." (HNAM, p. 131) |
Jagad-natha the "stone Deity can do what is considered miraculous things, like walk, talk, etc." As for that aspect of Jagad-natha known as Alar-natha, "the stone melted" ("R-YF"). |
HNAM = Dawn E. Bastian & Judy K. Mitchell : Handbook of Native American Mythology. Oxford U Pr, 2004.
"R-YF" = http://www.stephen-knapp.com/rathayatra_festival_at_jagannath_puri.htm