The stories featured in Greek out are usually original adaptations of classic Greek myths.

This week's story features overreactions of the deadly kind, a major religion,

a father determined to kill his son, reincarnations, loose terminology, and trying to cheat death.

Breaking out the greatest stories in history were told in Greek mythology.

We are once again on a field trip to hear more stories from around the world.

Now in this one, I think you're going to find a lot of similarities to some stories you've already heard,

though it's from a place we have never visited before. This week, we are traveling to the Indian subcontinent

to hear the story of Narasimha and Hiranyakshipu.

Narasimha is the fourth reincarnation of Vishnu.

Right, but I think we need to rewind a bit for some context though. This is a story from the Hindu tradition.

Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world. It is the dominant religion in India, Nepal, and Mauritius,

and is present in many other countries in the US, 2.5 million people practice Hinduism.

And we shouldn't think of the stories of Hinduism the same way we think of Greek mythology.

If only because these stories have a lot of personal and religious meaning to about 1.2 billion people

across the world. These are sacred stories that are tightly linked with Hinduism, so we're going to do

our best to tell them respectfully. Now there are tons of different ways to tell this story.

Many regions across India tell it differently, but we're just going to tell you one version,

even though you may have heard a different version in your family.

Like the Oracle said, today we're going to talk about the God Vishnu's fourth reincarnation.

Vishnu has had nine reincarnations so far throughout history.

Reincarnation is the idea that when you die, you get to be reborn back into the world.

Many world religions have a similar concept, including the ancient Greeks,

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