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Rahu
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Region: India, Tibet
Time Period:
References in Literature: None
Sources: Pantheon, XDrac

Notes:
  • Usually portrayed with a dragon's head, but no body
  • Rides on a chariot and chases the moon and sun, and when he succeeds, there's an eclipse
  • In Tibet, he's a Buddhist Lord of the 9 planets and shown with 9 heads and a snake's body. He's also one of the Krodhadevatas

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