Hindu and curses - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

4 Vedas - correct answer not to be passed to anyone other than priests Rig Veda: oldest/most sacred, over 1000 poems to various gods (hymns of creation, praise, etc.) Soma Veda: hymns chanted at soma sacrifices (hallucinogenic beverages use as an offering to the Gods) Yajur Veda: instructing priests in fire and soma services Atharva Veda: collections of charms, spells and incarnations used for healings and curses, hymns for domestic use Ahimsa - correct answer the desire not to ha...

-These mythology notes cover 2 very different groups. In the Hindu portion there is talk of their creation myth, dharma, vedas, the epics, portions of their world that functioned inside and around the heavens and earth. - In the NA indigenous portion, many different regions and tribes are covered. For example: the north east (SE. Canada and NE. US/Great Lakes), Great Plains, SE. US, Cali. and Great Basin, SW. US, and the NW. US. In each region, there are notes about myths from those areas and c...