Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Parasurama

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Parasurama: one of my occasional ‘god’ spots.

Parasurama is one of the many incarnations of the Hindu god, Visnu. He is supposed to have saved the world from an army of tyrannical warriors. Another legend involves him ridding the world of despotic rulers (would that that were true!). He is generally depicted as a man holding an axe.

Stuart’s Daily Word Spot: Dabog

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Dabog: noun – another of the occasional ‘god’ entries. This is the name of a Slavonic sun god (worshipped in the Balkans and south Russia). As with so many pre-Christian deities, this one, after Christianisation, was changed into a diabolic entity. So, a god with positive aspects for the former pagans was changed to a figure representing evil by the Christian authorities who were trying to impose their own beliefs on the people. So, nothing new there, then.