Reading Notes: Garu

 

Garuda

Garuda is a divine being whose features are a mixture of an eagle and a human.

Garuda is actually mentioned in The Ramayana, as he helps Rama and Lakshmana from the Nagaastra during the Ramayana War.

He is also the brother of Aruna, who is known as the charioteer of the sun.

Garuda's sworn enemy are the Nagas, who are also his half-brothers.

Garuda freed his mother from slavery by stealing the pot of nectar from Indra.

The Garuda Purana is believed to be a narration by Vishnu to Garuda who is also Vishnu's Vahana. This is particularly interesting to me, as my storybook is about vahanas! It is interesting that Garuda is a vahana since he has so many characteristics of a human.

As Garuda is a Vishnu's vahana, he is mentioned in various Puranas and the epics.

Bibliography: “Who Is Garuda?: Amar Chitra Katha.” Amar Chitra Katha |, 3 Nov. 2020, www.amarchitrakatha.com/mythologies/who-is-garuda/.

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