Percy Jackson X India Mythology

Wisdom is not knowing it all !!!!

It's been 24 hours to the last talk of Artemis with Arania and she went to her tent outside Hunt's camp to prepare her body to conduct the task of hunting the Buru.

Reyna on the other hand has taken up the task of making a mouth-watering bait and has taken few hunters with her to catch an animal large enough to bait the giant lizard and her eyes have seen the track of a female elephant which seems to be alone and away from her herd.

Thalia on the other hand with some other hunters is preparing the trap as directed by Arania a trench hole deep enough for the lizard to fall but not enough so it comes out easily and it's no easy job to dig such a thing.

Artemis on the other hand has ordered all the young hunters to stay inside the main camp and use a looking pavilion to witness the hunt but not to engage as it's an unknown monster and they have lack of experience to which many didn't seem happy about but did as told and started building the looking pavilion in the main camp.

Artemis herself has gone to Olympus to Lady Athena's private library to gather information on the creature and on their rather strange ally as she does not wish to have last-minute twists and turns seeing her rummaging through the books on different Pantheons Athena became curious and walked to her half-sister slowly and asked,

"What are you searching for?"
Artemis who was so engrossed in her search didn't even realize that Athena had approached her turned around started while dropping a book on the floor titled- "Eastern Pantheons".

Athena picked up the book and looked at Artemis with a questioning look
"which pantheons did you interacted with so you need information about ?" Athena asked

Artemis whispered in a low voice
"The Hindu Parthenon"

Ahh! Oldie, Athena exclaimed

Oldie? Artemis asked.

"Yup the only constant pantheons if you ask well, you won't get much information about it in the book few pages at most because well they are much too old to be properly documented but I can tell you few more things if you wanna ask" she replied.

"Can we sit and talk?" Artemis asked
Athena nodded and they both sat on the nearby sofa while Athena asked "what you want to know about them ?"

Well, how about one God who is said to have no start and no end and also said to be the destroyer. Artemis asked

The entity you are referring to is no God Artemis it's the literal universe you are talking about, Athena replied

What do you mean by the literal universe how can the universe be worshipped? Artemis enquired

The name of the entity you talk about is Shiv or also known as Mahadev usually referred to as he but not bounded by any gender or any human norm is the literal translation or we can say the universe we live in, Athena replied but Artemis looked more confused.

Well let me tell you what I know and it's not the knowledge we god's can even understand but I will tell you the whole structure in a nutshell just so that you get the idea but the truth is far beyond even our imagination, Athena warned

Even the goddess of wisdom doesn't understand it? Artemis enquired

I won't be the goddess of wisdom if I know all, I am a goddess of wisdom because I know perfectly what I know and what I don't, Athena replied

Then tell me about this Shiv as you say, Artemis asked

Well you see we are god's, we have power over our domains same way there are titans a bit different from us but also have power and the same way but on a larger scale there are primordials who are in a literal sense the very source of the elements like Gia and Nyx or Pontus  this is all for this one world we rule this one we live and control but there are infinite worlds like this having infinite god's and primordials like ours and this infinite worlds make one entity and that entity is Shiv in Hindu mythology, Athena  answered

Wait so you mean to say we are like what droplets in an ocean, Artemis asked

Yes, the Hindu pantheon also has its own god's and they are called Devas they control the elements the same way we do but they also worship the universe at large the supreme consciousness the cosmic power and it's not in one form so to say.

They have three forms of it,  Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh ( Shiv )
The Creator, the Preserver, and the Destroyer
Now there is another entity known as shakti which is a feminine form and better half of Shiv which sparks the very energy of life in this universe.

So to say these entities are so big and powerful even from us God then why don't we worship or heard of them. Artemis asked

Who said we didn't hear of them we also know they exist but we don't invoke them haven't you heard about Chaos and Order my sister. Athena asked

You don't mean,.......Artemis started to say

Yes, Shiv and Shakti are Chaos and Order in our world the unlimited creator and destroyer of the universe, Athena replied

So the Hindu pantheon worship Chaos and Order in their forms? Artemis asked

Yes they do, they don't take the forms very seriously they believe that the ultimate consciousness is formless and hence cannot be bounded into one and has millions of aspects of the life hence million forms possible but the entity itself is one. Athena replied

Well that's clear the powers the soldier  posses and why they don't match any normal norms of demigods or God's as to speak, Artemis mused

Whom are you talking about? Artemis asked

I found an Allie you can say a soldier calls himself or herself the Rudra Sainik and a follower of  Shiv or Chaos as you say.

Well, heard about them but never met one I will be interested to meet this one and know about his pantheon but alas I cannot because it won't be wise for reasons only the Goddess of Wisdom can know.

Artemis understood the meaning of what Athena just said as she knows it's not wise to interact with other pantheons and that so ancient one.

Artemis bid her goodbye and went back to her hunt where the trap was laid and the bait was been prepared and Arania was out of her tent talking to Thalia.

Artemis looked closer and can see a strong very powerful aura of power around Arania, unlike any God or demigod it was a pure aura held by the follower of the lord of the Universe .