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The king of birds and mount of Vishnu, born of Kashyapa and Vinata. He stormed heaven itself to steal the nectar that freed his mother from slavery, and won Vishnu's friendship by asking nothing for himself.

The immortal king of bears, present since the churning of the ocean. It is he who reminds Hanuman of his forgotten powers before the leap to Lanka, and he who fought Krishna for the Syamantaka jewel and gave him his daughter in marriage.

The aged vulture king who threw himself against Ravana's chariot to stop Sita's abduction and was mortally wounded. He lived just long enough to tell Rama what had happened, and received funeral rites from Rama's own hands.

The white bull who is Shiva's mount, doorkeeper, and foremost devotee. Every Shiva temple seats a stone Nandi facing the shrine, gazing eternally at his lord.