Asian lotus folklore
Lotus — showing the way to enlightenment
In Hinduism, Hindu gods and goddesses are imagined as sitting on lotus thrones. Images of Hindu In Chinese folk art, the lotus becomes a sign of immortality.
5 Feb Renkon, or “lotus root” (which is really the rhizome), is an integral part of Japanese cooking. As a seasonal food, it is eaten in the autumn and.
Padma (attribute)
Nezha (哪吒) is a protection deity in Chinese folk religion. His official Taoist name is "Marshal of the Central Altar" (中壇元帥). He was then given the title "Third Lotus Prince" (蓮花三太子) after he became.
Description:Paul , in Macau. According to Meir Shahar , Nezha is ultimately based on two figures from Hindu mythology. The first is a yaksha from the Ramayana named Nalakubar , the son of Yaksha King Kubera and nephew of the antagonist Ravana. The link to Nalakubar is established through variants in his Chinese name appearing in Buddhist sutras. The second figure is the child god Krishna. Both Krishna and Nezha are powerful children that defeat mighty serpents, Kaliya in the case of the former and Ao Bing in the latter.
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