Avatar-1-Matsya

__**Matsya**__

Myth One day in Ancient India the god of water, Matsya had a vision of a flood. The next day he stared to build a boat to prepare for the flood. It took him about 2 days to build the boat and when he did he started to gather people to get on the boat. When the flood came Matsya had his golden fish pull the boat to a uninhabited place. After a few days Matsya came back to India and started to build it all over again. media type="youtube" key="gIaw-TRHa1M" height="315" width="420" align="center"

__Description And Symbols__

 * Matsya is usually pictured some times as a fish or a half fish, half human.
 * Seen in very nice cloths with gold.
 * Lotus flower
 * Conch shell

**__ Symbols __**

 * Shaligram- People say that Vishnu made them to remember his avatars Here is a Link.
 * The **chakram**, sometimes called a circle, is a throwing weapon from India. Its shape is of a circle with a sharp outer edge from 12–30 centimeters (4.7–12 in) in diameter. It is also known as **chalikar.**
 * ‌A **mace** is a weapon, a type of club—that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful punch.
 * Twin golden fishes.[[image:http://symboldictionary.net/library/graphics/symbols/gfish.jpg]]
 * Three golden fishes [[image:http://symboldictionary.net/library/graphics/symbols/striplefish.jpg caption="Cicle of life"]][[image:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uvUI-tOX5Gw/TtNrMtv_LlI/AAAAAAAAAxI/6KyQVrRdYhE/s1600/matsya_avatar_ad87_l.jpg width="160" height="419" align="right" caption="Matsya with him as a fish."]]

> How Matsya was made > media type="youtube" key="uL2RVPenXb8" height="315" width="420"

= __GOD OF__ =

Matsya is the god of water, knowledge, and protection. He is the god of protection because when the flood was coming he protected people from dying. He is the god of knowledge because he saw when the flood was coming. He is the god of water because he calmed the waters when he was on the boat.

__ Family __
Matsya only has a wife named Shri. He also is an avatar of Vishnu.

Sources

‘’Matsya.” //Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.//

16 February 2012. February 28 2012.

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‘’Matsya.’’ Indian Divinity.

2000. Web.28 Feb.2012.

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