Alexandr Korol

Paraskeva and the Trinity. Mythological figures are smiths and trinities; at the roots of the tree — demonic chthonic beings. A demon chained abides in a nest, rune, serpent, hide, burdock and so on. In Old Russian apocrypha about Solomon in the form of a tree with golden branches, a moon at its top and a field at its roots is depicted the ideal state, where the moon is the tsar, the field — the Orthodox peasantry. In a Russian riddle: ‘There stands a tree, it has upon it red flowers, and upon the tree sits a bird and plucks. From the tree the red flowers and casts them into a trough. The trough is not filled, and the red flowers from the tree are not diminished. The tree — the whole world, the flowers — humankind, the trough — the earth, the bird — death. As much as death seizes, so much is born into the world.’”

“In Hindu mythology the milk ocean is the cosmic world ocean upon which the serpent Shesha rested, while Vishnu reposed in the intervals between creation. In this ocean fourteen precious treasures were lost. Gods and demons together for a thousand years engaged in its churning in order to release these treasures. About this the Puranas and the ancient legends of India tell in the chapters ‘Samudra Manthana.’ This is also the place where Vishnu lay upon the naga Shesha together with his consort Lakshmi. The churning of the milk ocean is one of the key mythological events, described in the Puranas and observed every twelve years during the great Hindu festival Kumbh Mela. The story is described in the Bhagavata Purana, the Vishnu Purana and in the Mahabharata.”

There is a very interesting depiction of it.