Religion and history -- Early deities -- Vedic deities -- Developments of the Brahmanic age -- Time and the creation of the universe -- Creation of man and of death -- Pantheism and polytheism -- Hindu mythology -- The Hindu triad -- The Vedic gods in Hinduism -- New gods -- Goddesses -- Animal deities -- Other mythological animals -- Mountains, rivers and pools as deities -- Enemies of the gods -- Enemies of men -- Other spirits -- Troops of minor deities -- Demi-gods and rishis -- The Mahabharata -- Buddhist mythology -- Buddhist cosmology and the Buddhist pantheon -- Jain mythology.
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