In Indian mythology, Vishnu the Preserver appears in multiple guises, human and otherwise. His human avatars have either three heads and six arms, or one head and four arms, while his non-human avatars include a pig, a fish, a horse and a turtle.
根據印度的傳說，守護宇宙的毘濕奴（Vishnu）擁有眾多化身，當祂以人形出現時，可能是三頭六臂或四臂戴冠；除了人形之外，祂也可能化身為豬、魚、馬或烏龜，而黑天神奎師那就是毘濕奴神的第 8 個化身。