- Angel: “Legends of Vishnu?”
- Giles: “Oh, there’s an invisible girl terrorizing the school.”
- — Angel and Rupert Giles[src]
“Legends of Vishnu” was a book on the god Vishnu kept in Sunnydale High School library.
History
Rupert Giles used the book in his research on Marcie Ross’s invisibility. It proved fruitless, though, when he discovered the ability had quantum mechanical causes, instead of mystical.[1]
Behind the Scenes
- Based on the major deity and member of Hindu trinity, the book likely details and chronicles the Lord Vishnu. Some relevant aspects to Giles’ research on invisibility include the description of Vishnu having an Universal Form (Vishvarupa), beyond the limits of human sense and perception. In another interpretation, Vishnu is also referred to as “A-Moortimaan”, ie., “Having no Form”.
- Notably, despite the real theme, "Legends of Vishnu" is a strictly fictional book, as no publication has been titled as such.