The Trimurti Trimurti on Elephanta Island, India Hinduism is one of the world's oldest religions. For well over 3,000 years, it has been accumulating the sacred stories that make up the mythology of Hinduism. Pulsing with creation, destruction, love, and war, the myths changes. Most myths occur in several different versions while characters have multiple roles, identities, and histories . There are three core deities called the Trimurti who correspond to creation, protection, and destruction. Themes Around 1700 B . C ., Aryans or Indo-Europeans from the area to the northwest of India began migrating to India. T hey brought a mythic tradition that became the basis of an early form of Hinduism. T he Vedas are the oldest Indian documents based on ancient Aryan traditions . One of them, the Rig-Veda, is a collection of 1,028 hymns of praise and prayers to the gods with references to myths. The Brahmanas, date from 900 to 700 B . C . The Upanishads,
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