Semele and Sanjna Greek vs. Indian Mythology

The story of Semele is from Greek mythology. The god Zeus fell in love with the mortal Semele and had a child with her. Zeus's wife, Hera got jealous and planted a seed in Semele's mind. This seed grew until Semele demanded to see Zeus's true form. When he showed his true form to her, she was killed. Zeus rescued her child and it grew up to be the god Dionysus.

Semele | Greek myths, Mythology, Aurora sleeping beauty

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The story of Sanjna is from Indian mythology. In it, Sanjna is the daughter of a celestial architect. She marries the Sun god Surya. They are happy until Summer, at which point the heat from Surya becomes too much for Sanjna to bear. She creates a lookalike, the shadow Goddes Chhaya and leaves her in her place. Sanjna turns into a mare and leaves for a jungle. Surya eventually figures out that Chhaya is not Sanjna and tracks her down. He turns into a horse as well and lives with her for sometime, then returns home. Sanjna gives birth to the twin Asvins, the divine horsemen.

sanjana | Journeying to the Goddess

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