Character Archive
Explore myths where Ra appears across cultures, conflicts, sacred places, and recurring themes.
262 myths currently featured for Ra.
This myth recounts the divine origin of Lord Ayyappan, the son of Shiva and Mohini, who was raised as a prince in the Pandalam kingdom. To fulfill his divine purpose, he ventured into the forest to fetch tigress milk for his allegedly ill mother, leading to an epic battle where he defeated the demoness Mahishi. The story concludes with his triumphant return riding a tigress and his eventual...
The myth of Lord Ayyappan, also known as Manikandan, details his divine birth from the union of Lord Shiva and Mohini, the female avatar of Lord Vishnu. Born to defeat the demoness Mahishi who held a boon of near-immortality, Ayyappan was raised by the King of Pandalam before fulfilling his destiny. His journey concludes with the establishment of the Sabarimala temple, where he is worshipped...
King Sagara of Ayodhya attempted a hundredth horse sacrifice to claim universal sovereignty, but the god Indra stole the horse and hid it in the underworld. Sagara's 60,000 sons dug deep into the earth to find the animal, eventually discovering it next to the meditating Sage Kapila. In their arrogance, they attacked the sage, whose divine gaze instantly incinerated them into mounds of ash,...
This myth details the tragic sacrifice of Goddess Sati during her father King Daksha's yagna and the subsequent formation of the Naina Devi Shakti Peetha. After Sati's self-immolation, Lord Shiva carried her body in grief, prompting Lord Vishnu to intervene by dismembering the body with his Sudarshana Chakra. It is said that Sati's eyes fell upon this specific peak in the Shivalik Hills,...
After the goddess Sati immolated herself due to the insults of her father Daksha, a grieving Lord Shiva carried her body across the world in a dance of destruction. To save the universe, Lord Vishnu used his Sudarshana Chakra to divide her body, and it is said that her heart fell in Deoghar, creating a sacred Shakti Peetha. This site is also home to one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, where Shiva...
The divine goddess Kali battles the demon Raktabija, whose every drop of blood creates a new clone. To defeat him, Kali consumes his blood before it hits the ground, eventually severing his head to end the cycle of duplication.
King Muchukunda, after centuries of deep sleep granted as a reward for aiding the Devas, is tricked into waking up by Lord Krishna. Upon waking, his gaze burns the demon Kalayavana to ashes, fulfilling a divine destiny.
The story follows Lord Krishna's quest to recover the Syamantaka jewel, a magical gem that produced gold daily. After the jewel was stolen and Krishna was falsely accused, he tracked the gem to the cave of the immortal bear king Jambavan, leading to a legendary battle and a divine marriage.
The arrogant demon king Hiranyakashipu, after failing to kill his devout son Prahlada, challenged the omnipresence of Lord Vishnu. When he mockingly kicked a palace pillar and asked if God resided within it, the pillar shattered to reveal the terrifying Narasimha avatar. This half-man, half-lion deity fulfilled the complex conditions of a divine boon to slay the tyrant and restore cosmic order.
In the sacred groves of Vrindavan, a sudden and ferocious forest fire trapped the young Krishna, his brother Balarama, their cowherd friends, and their precious cattle. As the flames threatened to consume everything, the terrified boys turned to Krishna for protection. In a display of supreme divinity, Krishna commanded his companions to close their eyes and proceeded to swallow the entire...