Question

At the end of one dance, people dressed as this figure are hung from a shaft, formerly with bloody iron hooks, and swung around. Roberto Calasso’s Ka begins with a myth in which this figure is told about how his brother was born reddish and half-finished because of their mother’s impatience. After a sparrow pecked at the ocean to dry it up as punishment for stealing her eggs, this figure made the ocean return the eggs. This figure was the (*) second one born after his mother wished (-5[1])for two sons (-5[1])greater than the thousand sons of her sister-in-law, leading to his rivalry with snakes and serpents. This brother of Aruna (-5[1])tried to steal the sacred water of Indra (10[1])but was defeated. This national symbol of Indonesia is considered (10[1])the king of the birds. For 10 points, name this eagle mount of Vishnu. ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Garuda [accept Suparna; accept Garud]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Mythology>
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