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Hindu Scriptures: The Thoughts Of Brahma

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The first reading from Hindu scriptures was The Thoughts of Brahma. In this creation myth, Brahma, who is the Creator in Hinduism, uses different bodies to create different parts of the world. From the first body, darkness and demons were created. The second body became daytime and gods. Dusk, dawn, and spirits came from the third body. Through the fourth body Brahma created humans and the moon. Brahma then used a fifth body to create ogres, which were not good creatures. These creatures frightened him so much that all his hair fell out which created reptiles. Brahma also created ghouls to combat the creation of the ogres. After this, his mind again became sound and he was able to create good creatures, like birds, plants, and all other life
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