Christ vs Krishna

CHRIST vs KRISHNA - RE-READING SAKES
M. M. NINAN
so as to cover the floor of the room in which the husband died overnight. Next morning
whatever footprints arc found marked on the floor, indicates that the soul of the dead
has transmigrated into the body of that animal. It may be a snake, a rat, or any other
animal that infests human habitations. And thus superstition induces a desire to avoid
killing such animals, as they believe the soul of the dead to have entered, even at the
risk of serious danger to the occupants of the house, as would be the case if it were a
snake or any other venomous reptile, as the following instance will illustrate. A woman
allowed such a snake to continue in her house. The snake at a certain time of the day
would come out of its hole from one of the corners of the house and roll about her
grinding-mill and retire. In verification of the well-known proverb. When the cat's away
the mice will play one day the mother happened to be away at the time the snake used
to emerge- from his hole. the children happening to see it dancing round the mill came
near to kick it, when the snake became irate and stood up in its defense. the elder
children got frightened and ran away, but the smallest of them could not escape, and
the snake wound round him and bit him to death.
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