In addition to waging that thousand-year battle with Hiranyaksha, which was fought in the shape of a boar, this figure was identified with a half-lion, half-man called Narasimha.
This figure once defeated a demon while lifting the Earth back from the bottom of the ocean where that demon had taken it. In addition to waging that thousand-year battle with Hiranyaksha, which was fought in the shape of a boar, this figure was identified with a half-lion, half-man called Narasimha. This figure's mount was the bird Garuda, and he also appeared as the blue-skinned, flute-playing Prince Krishna. For 10 points, name this four-armed Hindu preserver god whose various avatars are venerated by Vaishnavas.
This figure once defeated a demon while lifting the Earth back from the bottom of the ocean where that demon had taken it.
Vishnu