Garuda
c. 300 BCE – 2026 CEattested
Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia
- Hindu
Eagle-being who carries Vishnu and hunts serpents, and who is now on the national emblems of Indonesia and Thailand: a myth that became statecraft.
Known for
- mount of Vishnu
- enemy of the nagas
- national emblem
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.