This was the first-born son of a woman who was born inside of a fish.
This was the first-born son of a woman who was born inside of a fish. This man himself was conceivedwhen his mother and a visiting sage had sex on a riverbank shrouded by mist. This man advises a womanwho had given birth to a ball of flesh to cut the flesh into 100 pieces and put them each in a different jar ofghee. Because of this man's foul odor and unkempt appearance, one princess closed her eyes upon seeinghim and a second became pale at his touch, so his children with those women were born blind andpale-skinned. Thus with those sexual hijinks, this son of Shantanu and Satyavati became grandfather toboth the Pandavas and Kauravas. He is better known for employing Ganesh as a scribe, dictating to him awork which his disciple Vaisampayana narrates. For 10 points, name this sage credited with compiling theMahabharata
This was the first-born son of a woman who was born inside of a fish.
Veda Vyasa [or Krishna Dvaipayana; prompt on Vishnu, since he's a minor avatar, but definitely don't accept "Krishna" on its own]