Re: Catchup: avatars

From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_cs.ucc.ie>
Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 02:33:45 +0100 (BST)


Nils Weinander:
> Again with an eye on the Red Emperor debate, I think that if
> a mortal takes on aspects of a deity it's a case of heroforming,
> while a god who forms a body out of whole cloth makes an avatar.

So, Krishna's _not_ an avatar, then, since his body was made by 'usual method'? Surely this just proves that the means can be as indirect-seeming as one wishes?

Cheers,
Alex.


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