Earthquakes
.According to Indian mythology, the world rests on the head of a great elephant, and when, for the sake of rest, the huge monster refreshes itself by moving its head, an earthquake is produced. The elephant is called “Muha-pudma.”
“Having penetrated to the south, they saw the great elephant ‘Muha-pudma,ʹ equal to a huge mountain, sustaining the earth with its head.”—The Ramayuna (section xxxiii.).