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Matsya, Wikicommons Matsya the Savior Matsya was the first incarnation of Vishnu. He was credited with saving Manu, the first human. What is not known about Matsya is that he is also credited with saving various different animals. Elephants are held very highly in cultural regards as they are very noble and smart animals. Matsya recognized this and decided right after he saved Manu from the floods that he must also save the elephants. This is where the story picks up. Matsya had just finished rescuing Manu from a great flood and place him atop a mountain. This is when Manu mentioned to Matsya, "I very grateful for my rescue, but I am sad to inform you that there is still a being that is very much in need of saving." Matsya was startled by this retort and immediately question Matsya. "What do you mean? I just saved you from the great flood! Who else could be in need of saving, you are the first man!" Manu was hesitant to respond but replied. "What ab...

Matsya, Wikicommons 7 Secrets of Vishnu: The music selection for the videos is really good The story is really interesting how they expanded Vishnu's character The exposition really invests the reader into the story of Vishnu Learning about Matsya, Vishnu's fish form, was really interesting Matsya is the first incarnation of Vishnu Matsya also rescues the first human Manu Vishnu is very compassionate The images for this series are also very interesting Matsya is also the fish god During the time there was many floods Bibliography: Seven Secrets of Vishnu

Vishnu, Wikicommons Seven Secrets of Vishnu: Vishnu is typically reincarnated as a male, but in this story he is taken his female form There is typically a type of story and based on that type a male or female will play the part, Females are typically spiritual reality  Males are material reality This story Vishnu is demonstrating the spiritual reality, and this story helps to describe how humans can transcend reality and nature to be released into infinity Human couples are the merger of human reality and spiritual reality In Vishnu lore Lakshmi and Vishnu are both dependently on each other they need each other exist The interdependence between the two is stressed and makes the a very cool point that the two are important Bibliography: Seven Secrets of Vishnu