Ah! My Goddess is a long-running manga by Kosuke Fujishima that tells the romantic yet comedic story of Keiichi Morisato, a short fellow with low self-esteem studying engineering in college, and the three Norse goddesses who move in with him. Because he is a genuinely good person, the sweet and beautiful Belldandy, Norn of the Present, is sent by "The Goddess Relief Agency"† "Goddess Help Line" in some translations in Heaven to grant him a wish. Keiichi, convinced he's being set up for a practical joke by the upperclassmen in his dorm, wishes that a girl just like her would stay with him forever.
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From there, Keiichi and Belldandy enter into a very sweet, very low-key romance, but then Belldandy's sultry elder sister Urd (the Norn of the Past) shows up, irritated because they haven't moved faster and into more advanced levels of intimacy. Then their kid sister Skuld (the Norn of the Future) appears, convinced that Keiichi is no good for her big sister and seeking to sabotage the relationship. Matters are further complicated by Keiichi's sister Megumi (who in the grand tradition of Bewitched knows nothing about the supernatural nature of the sisters); the demoness Mara, who has a grudge against the goddesses; and a large cast of additional supporting characters from Heaven, Hell, and the student body of the Nekomi Institute of Technology, where Keiichi attends classes.
By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA. "On a Wing and a Prayer" - What should you do when a goddess appears before you with an offer to grant your every wish? You should read the fine print! Keiichi is an ordinary college student, an everyman who has been granted a wish by the beautiful goddess Belldandy. His wish? That she stay with him forever, a boon that turns out to look a lot better on paper than in practice! Keiichi's other problem is the envious yuppie Aoshima, a man who is obsessed with claiming the goddess Belldandy as his own and will stop at nothing to claim her! After Aoshima bulldozes Keiichi's aerial Motor Club on the eve of the college aviation competition, the goddess Belldandy helps Keiichi find the remains of an experimental plane engine, long-buried beneath the campus. Once the plane is assembled and Keiichi is aloft, he discovers that he has to face both good news and bad news: his Motor Club is the hit of the college festival, but his newly excavated plane has a mind of its own and refuses to let Keiichi land!Cover price $50.95.
By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA. "Love Potion #9" - A magical love potion may be just what the goddess Belldandy needs to win the heart of her mortal love, Keiichi. But the thing about potions is, they only work if the right person drinks them! Now, instead of one lovesick goddess following him around, the poor, tortured Keiichi has got three goddess thralls falling all over him! Mix "I Dream of Jeannie" with "Friends," and you've got OH MY GODDESS! "Love Potion #9" is a special stand-alone story, the perfect introduction to a great comic.Cover price $2.95.
By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA. "Sympathy for the Devil" - When a goddess gets in the habit of granting mortals' wishes, look out! Megumi is an ordinary teenager whose path crosses with the goddess Mara, a spritely deity devoted to causing mischief. When she grants Megumi's errant wish - to be inside a car instead of on the back of a moped - Megumi gets more than she bargained for: she gets transformed into a sleek roadster, and gets sent on the ride of her life!Cover price $2.95.
By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA. "Mystical Engine" - A first-place prize of $5,000 has got Tamiya hankering to get behind the wheel of a fire-burning, fuel-efficient racer - too bad he hasn't got one! But with a little divine intervention from the goddess Belldandy, he may be on his way to the finish line faster than he thinks...and likely faster than he wants! Getting your wish granted by a goddess isn't as great as it sounds, particularly when you're wishing for a "Mystical Engine"!Cover price $2.95.
By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA. "Valentine Rhapsody" - It's Valentine's Day, and the best way for a goddess to show her affection is to say it with chocolates! But the hapless human Keiichi, the reluctant object of Belldandy's desire, has more than one smitten goddess to contend with. The goddess Urd plans to snare Keiichi's heart once and for all by spiking Keiichi's sweets with a love potion, while the mischievous Mara rigs the candies to turn Keiichi evil!Cover price $2.95.
By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA. "Terrible Master Urd, Part 1" - It was an errant phone call that started Keiichi's problems and delivered him his own mystical goddess! Now it's another call that takes his troubles up a notch - this time a phone call from God! It seems the Supreme Being is revoking Urd's goddess license for fifty years, with no time off for good behavior! That would be the answer to all of Keiichi's problems...if only there weren't evil forces afoot offering to re-power Urd in exchange for her undying gratitude! Find out what all the fun's about in this 6-issue mystical miniseries, "Terrible Master Urd"!Cover price $2.95.
By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA. "Terrible Master Urd, Part 2" - The only thing worse than a power-mad goddess is a power-mad goddess with her own giant killer robot! Urd and her massive mechanical monster of mayhem are going to spread their terror across the universe, smashing planets and destroying whole species, but they've got to start somewhere...and Keiichi's house is as good a place as any! Can Keiichi stop this new Lord of Terror? Can he save the galaxy from unending slaughter? And, more importantly, will an "Act of God" clause in your home insurance disable you from collecting on damage caused by a goddess?Cover price $2.95.
By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA. "Terrible Master Urd, Part 3" - Mad with power and mad at the galaxy, Urd has set in motion a terrible spell that will destroy the Earth! It's up to the goddess Belldandy to end Urd's reign of terror, and she's going to have to pull out all the stops to do it!Cover price $2.95.
By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA. "Terrible Master Urd, Part 4" - As if a power-mad goddess weren't enough, Keiichi and Belldandy have an even bigger problem - and what a big nose that problem has! The giant wolf-spirit Fenrir has come to Earth to aid Urd in her quest to destroy the universe! Something tells me when they get done, man will have to find a new best friend!Cover price $2.95.
By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA. "Terrible Master Urd, Part 5" - At last everything seems to be going right for the goddess Belldandy and her sisters. The Ultimate Destruction Program has been contained; Urd is back to her normal, intolerable self; and all is right with the world. Or is it...?Cover price $2.95.
By KOSUKE FUJISHIMA. "Terrible Master Urd, Part 6" - When a misdialed number brought Keiichi his very own goddess, Belldandy, he knew he was in for some major headaches. But being possessed by the Lord of Terror...? Who could anticipate that?! Now Belldandy must decide between saving her master and saving the universe, and the rest of us folk don't have much of a hope!Cover price $2.95.
Thc first part of this paper, by Andre Couture, analyzes three passages from the Harivamsa which highlight the relationships between, on the one hand, Krsna, Samkarsana, and Ekanamsa and, on the other hand, Visnu, Sesa, and Nidra. This section also presents the picture of a complex goddess who is either a sister or a wife depending on the specific role she plays in the narration. An iconographic study, by Charlotte Schmid, of the Vrsni triads dating from the first centuries A.D. follows. Her analysis takes into account that of Couture, showing the convergence of iconographic and textual data. Schmid provides new insights that permit a lucid reinterpretation of the Vrsni triads.
A LIMITED NUMBER OF ANCIENT triads present a female figure flanked by two male divinities (or heroes). The males are most often identified as Samkarsana and Krsna and the female as the goddess Ekanamsa. While earlier investigations into this question may have mentioned the Harivamsa [HV] as an important source (second or third centuries A.D. [Couture 1991: 72-77 and Couture 1992]), to date no study has been undertaken that fully plumbs the resources of this text.
The HV depicts Krsna as the manifestation of Visnu, [1] and his elder brother Samkarsana, as the manifestation of the serpent Sesa. [2] On the basis of these two figures alone, however, the events which took place in the cowherd settlement (vraja, ghosa) of Mathura and in the fabled city of Dvaravati remain inexplicable. Here and there, the myth explicitly introduces a third, feminine figure variously referred to as Ekanamsa, Nidra, or even Kali. The role of this female is closely linked to that of her two male companions. The interactions of the Samkarsana Ekanamsa-Krsna triad are in fact presented in at least three different circumstances in the HV Nidra (or Ekanamsa) first appears at the birth of Visnu in the form of Krsna or Vasudeva. In this context, it is worth noting that a black goddess (Kali) played a modest but real role in a previous confrontation between Visnu and Kalanemi. In another oft-forgotten passage, the same goddess, again referred to as Ekanamsa, reappears at Dvaravati. In this context al l three figures appear in the precise order in which the current iconography shows them. Even if the birth of these figures occupies a central place in the HV, I will attempt to demonstrate that the two other relevant passages must be considered if a clear picture of what the text has to say about the goddess and the triad is to emerge. [3] 2ff7e9595c
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