The sage Daksha was born from the right thumb of this inhabitant of Satyaloka.
This deity convinced a moon god to return Tara to her husband Brhaspati. He tricked Taraka into accepting a boon of limited invulnerability and talked the ketaki flower into lying about his having traveled to the end of a huge burning lingam. The sage Daksha was born from the right thumb of this inhabitant of Satyaloka. His ten children share a collective title with the Vedic god with whom he was identified, Prajapati. He rides a (*) swan, like his wife Saraswati, and he is often depicted holding a water pot, a sacrificial ladle, a string of prayer beads, and a copy of the Vedas. He was born from a lotus that grew out of Vishnu's navel. For 10 points, name this four-headed, four-armed "creator" member of the Hindu Trimurti.
This deity convinced a moon god to return Tara to her husband Brhaspati.
Brahma [accept Brahm (eliding the final 'a'); do not accept "Brahman" or "Brahmana" or "Brahmin" or "Brahms", but do accept "hey remember that IS-set tossup on the letters 'B-R-A-H-M', wasn't that a trip"]