Also known as Brahma, the Hindu manifestation of the Supreme Soul, or God.
Brahm Quotes in Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
The Rikki-Tikki-Tavi quotes below are all either spoken by Brahm or refer to Brahm. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Then inch by inch out of the grass rose up the head and spread hood of Nag, the big black cobra, and he was five feet long from tongue to tail. When he had lifted one-third of himself clear of the ground, he stayed balancing to and fro exactly as a dandelion tuft balances in the wind, and he looked at Rikki-tikki with the wicked snake’s eyes that never change their expression, whatever the snake may be thinking of.
“Who is Nag?” said he. “I am Nag. The great God Brahm put his mark upon all our people, when the first cobra spread his hood to keep the sun off Brahm as he slept. Look, and be afraid!”
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Brahm Term Timeline in Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
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...never change, no matter what he is thinking. Nag tells Rikki-tikki that the great god Brahm put his mark on Nag’s hood, and that the little mongoose should be afraid.
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