Mud— Wod They Called the Great God Budd 



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Photos © Newman Traveltalka and Brown <t Dawson 



India boasts of nine specific religions and almost innumerable gods. Above is the terrible God of 

 Thvmder and Lightning with his thunder-bolts in hand. The image is made of bronze with ivory 

 teeth and horns. Glowing rubies represent the eyes. During the hot, dry season, which begins 

 in March, the Hindus hefjin making sacrifices to this fiend-god so that when the rain dees come 

 it may not do more harm dian good, as is sometimes the case in this land of climatic extremes 



In a niche in the entrance hall of the Temple 

 of lyeasu, Japan, is the exquisitely carved 

 golden demon-dog Wo, which is shown in the 

 photograph above. It is a terror to thieves 



Usually the gods and goddesses of plenty 

 carry fruits and vegetables in their hands, but 

 this Chinese god measures abundance in 

 jewels and gold in a very occidental manner 



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