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ID: 901000881 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000881 | Record Type: Character/Person |
Rahu (Hindu character) | ||
Note: With Ketu, a star monster. Hindu figure often depicted as the severed head of an asura, or nature deity. He swallows the sun and causes eclipses. | |
Rahu (Hindu character) (preferred,English-P,D,N) | |
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P) | ||
....<Hindu iconography> (P) | ||
........<Hindu characters> (P) | ||
............Rahu (Hindu character) (I) | ||
associated with .... Ketu | |
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Ketu (Hindu character)) [901000882] |
role/characteristic is .... legendary character | |
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
role/characteristic is .... creature | |
.....(legendary beings, Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
culture/religion is .... Hinduism | |
.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
Rahu (Hindu character) | |
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
................Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002) | |
................ Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002) | |
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Nature worship," accessed 22 June 2017 | |
................ British Museum [online] (1999-) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=182884&partId=1&searchText=Rahu&images=true&page=1 | |
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