Brahma

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· God of: creation · Wife: Saraswati: the Goddess of learning · His symbol is the Aum · Brahma was one of the Trimurti (Hindu Trinity) with Vishnu and Shiva · Brahma was self-created · His vehicle is a swan

· Few worship him, there are few temples dedicated to him. Stories in Hinduism talk about curses that have prevented Brahma from being worshiped on Earth. __ Appearance __

· Wears red clothes · Pictured with four heads, four faces and four arms · Sometimes pictured with a white beard · He holds no weapons · One of his hands holds a scepter in the form of a spoon · Holds a string of prayer beads · He holds a Vedas and sometimes a lotus flower __ Symbols__ · The Rosary is a symbol that was used in the process of creation. · The Book is a symbol of knowledge. · Gold is a symbol of the golden face of Brahm a proves that he is involved in the process of creating the Universe. · The Swan is a symbol grace and decrement;he uses a swan as his vehicle. · The Lotus flower is a symbol nature and the living of all things being in the universe. · The Beard is a symbol for wisdom and the process of creation. · The Four Faces is a symbol for the four Vedas;The Vedas is a Symbol of his four faces, heads and arms.

__Myth__ At the beginning of time Vishnu and Brahma came to a huge Shiva linga and set to find its beginning and end. Vishnu taking the form of a boar digging down into the earth while Brahma taking form of a swan began flying up. However neither can find the beginning or end. Vishnu found Shiva and bowed down to him. Brahma did not give up so easily as he was flying up he saw a ketaki flower, Shiva’s favorite flower. He ask the flower to lie about Brahma’s discovery about Shiva’s beginning. When Brahma told his tale to Shiva, he was angered by this. Shiva then cursed him that no one will ever worship him.