Statue of Varaha, the third avatar of Vishnu, and the defeated demon Hiranyaksha. As the Japanese deity Theidebaik with boar's head, gold crown studded with jewels, four arms with ring, dragon's head, sceptre and flower. Standing on a prone demon in a temple in Osaka, Japan. Tiedebaik, Divinite du Japon. Copperplate engraving by David Herrliberguer after an illustration by Bernard Picard from Les Ceremonies Religieuses de Tous les Peuples du Monde, Religious Ceremonies of All the Peoples of the World, Chez David Herrliberguer, Zurich, 1750.

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