Recorded in sacred Sanskrit texts, including the Rig Veda and the Mahabharata, the Hindu myths are thought to date back as far as the tenth century BCE. Here in these seventy-five seminal myths are the many incarnations of Vishnu, who saves mankind from destruction, and the mischievous child Krishna, alongside stories of the minor gods, demons and animals including boars, buffalo, serpents and monkeys. Bursting with colour and life, these myths demonstrate the Hindu belief in the limitless possibilities of the world - from the teeming miracles of creation to Death who eventually touches them all.