Manu and the flood: Shatapatha Brahmana 1.8.1; Matsya Purana, Held in several collections — "Painting of Matsya, the fish-incarnation of Viṣṇu. The upper body of Viṣṇu emerges from the body of the fish. A silk…
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Manu and the flood: Shatapatha Brahmana 1.8.1; Matsya Purana

A fish begged a man to raise it, then saved him from a flood that left him the only one alive.

Shatapatha c.8th-6th c. BCE; Matsya Purana c.3rd-10th c. CE

The flood story serves a ritual here. Does knowing that change what it means?

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