Yag's in a new movie!

[rockhound]

And man is he pissed!

Garuda the movie
www.garudathemovie.com/

[knivesout]

Did you know Garuda is actually a figure from Hindu mythology? I presume that is the theme of this flick but the site is all in Thai so its hard to say.

This off a myth site:

Garuda is an ancient Indian mythological creature, believed to be a devourer of serpents and the king of the birds. His body was half man and half eagle. In Hindu mythology, he is often depicted flying across the sky carrying the supreme god Vishnu and his wife Lakshmi.
In some Hindu stories it is said to represent the Sun's rays. His father was one of the seven great sages, the Rishis. It is told that Garuda stole the water of life from Indra. In the battle to get it back, Indra had his thunderbolt broken by the flying creature.

I'm from a Hindu family myself and was quite thrilled to find a fantasy author mining something other than the same old Celtic/D&D pastiche.

[rockhound]

Yeah, most of the xenians in Bas Lag are based on various mythologies.

The Kehpri are Egyptian
The Garuda, of course, are Hundu
etc...