avatars trimurti Brahma destroyer
sustainer Vishnu x3 everything
1. All Hindus agree that there is one universal spirit
who is present in __________,
called Brahman.
everything
2. Brahman is represented by 3 gods called the
Trimurti
Vishnu
__________
. Brahma is the creator, _______
is
the sustainer , and Shiva is the __________.
destroyer
Vishnu
3. Many Hindus worship _______
as God, instead
Brahma
of Brahman. Few people worship ___________.
Vishnu
4. ________
can appear in 10 different human and
animal forms called __________
.
avatars
Goddesses and More Gods
To know the stories of
Durga and Kali
To explain why goddesses
are worshipped
To reflect on whether God
is one or many in Hinduism
HW
1. Create a family tree from the
sheet, (cut up the gods, stick
them in your books in their family
trees, and label them).
Why do the
male gods need
women ?
Without women, the Trimurti gods
haven’t got any creative power to do
anything. The “female” completes the
male gods and makes them powerful.
Hindu goddesses have awesome creative
strength and power, to complete the men
gods, but they also have their own jobs
to do…
Parvati
1.
2.
Durga
Kali
Explain why the male gods
need women.
Look at the pictures of
Durga and Kali. Choose one.
Explain what you think she
is like and why.
1.
A demon had been rewarded by the God Brahma that
every time a drop of his blood was shed, it would
create a more powerful version of the demon. Soon
the world was overrun by this demon & his clones.
The gods asked Parvati, Shiva’s consort for help. She
transformed herself into the warrior goddess Kali. She
ordered the gods to continue fighting while she put
out her tongue and caught all the demons’ blood on
her tongue, so it would not fall to the ground. This
allowed the demon and his clones to be cut down and
finally killed.
However, after the demon was slain, Kali was drunk
with blood and continued killing. No –one could stop
her. Finally, the gods begged Shiva and he laid himself
under her feet. When she saw her husband under her
feet, Kali finally came to her senses and stopped her
killing.
Summarise the key
points from the story in
your own words.
2. Explain why people
would worship this
goddess.
3. Draw the goddess.
Kali is worshipped because she is
fearless. She is not deceived by any
illusions or tricks, and has
knowledge : she knew where his
blood would fall, to catch it. She is
scary, because she is ruthless in her
fight against evil and illusion.
People often like illusions and lies,
and Kali threatens them that all evil
and lies must be abandoned.
DURGA
1.
2.
3.
How is this story
similar or
different from
the story of Kali?
Draw the picture
of Durga.
Label your
picture with key
points from what
happened in the
story.
A demon had been rewarded by the God
Brahma he could never be killed by any
man or god. So he started a reign of
terror. He drove the gods out of heaven.
This unbalanced the forces of good and
evil in the world.
The gods were furious at the demon, for
his violence. In their anger, they hurled
bolts of light at the demon. These
lightning bolts fused to create the
beautiful goddess Durga.
Each god gave her a weapon, and Durga
rode out on a lion. She wasable to defeat
the demon, because although he could not
be killed by any man, he could be killed by
a woman.
The Goddess Durga is
worshipped as a protector
over right order in the
world, and for her strength
and compassion.
What can you
remember about of
these goddesses?
Freeze Frame !
• Think of a way to do a freeze frame
for each of the 2 stories – present,
and see if others can guess !
Other gods/ goddesses
The holy books of Hinduism have many other
stories about different gods.
The weather gods (rain,
thunder, wind)
The sun & 9 planet gods,
move the planets and affect human
destiny (astrology)
1. Draw one god from each of these
3 categories of gods.
*There are 330 major gods in
Hinduism, with hundreds more
minor ones. How many have you
met so far ?
Make a list ! (add the gods from this
slide)
The gods of home and community
Agni – the god of fire and sacrifices
Mitra – the god of friendship
Aryaman - the god of family honour
Remember!
All Hindu “gods” are just
different roles and
different representations
of BRAHMAN...
Whatever god Hindus are worshipping, they
will always finish with this prayer, showing
they worship only ONE God:
You alone are our mother and father
You alone are our sibling and friend
You alone are our knowledge and prosperity
You alone are everything to us
My Lord, my lord.