ORIGIN: Hindu (Epic and Puranic)
TYPE: Incarnation of the god Visnu.
INFORMATION: The third avatara of Visnu, which appears as a boar. According to legend, he descends in this guise to the bottom of the primeval sea to rescue the earth, which has been removed there by a demon. He retrieves it in the shape of a girl. The avatara may be depicted in wholly animal form or as a human with a boar's head. Epithets include Adivaraha.