Show Legendary Tale Tale Tells of Origin of Siva's Dance There are many legendary tales to o account for tor the origin of ot Siva's dance ance In brief the stories tell how Siva Iva went forth to the forests o of I w re gathered great numbers umbers of ot unbelieving sages that he e desired to confute When the gOd god I appeared before them they were were ingry and left off ott disputing among themselves turned all aU their fury against Siva and tried to destroy him ilm with incantations From the theire ire fire of ot their sacrifices they summoned summoned summoned sum sum- a fierce tiger which rushed upon pon him But the god with a genie gentie gentle gen gen- tie tle ie smile seized the beast and with the he nail of or his little finger flayed it and ind wrapped its skin about his loins Thwarted in this the heretics produced a horrid serpent but Siva I laid aid hold of ot it and wreathed It about his neck like a garland Then I he began to dance and the sages raging aging at their failures sent against him ilm a a. malignant dwarf dwart to destroy him ilm but Siva pressed the tip of his foot oot upon the monsters monster's back so that hat it was broken and the dwarf writhed under the foot toot of ot the god And Siva danced on while the sages were struck with awe and admiration ad ad- and forgot their anger as they watched his dance ol of ot ecstasy And it is this same mystic dance that the god performs in Sacred the center of ot the uni unI- verse Our own g guess ess is that after atter conquering the world Alexander died of ot rage while trying to collect collect col col- coi- coi lect the indemnity ham News |