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Shiva and his family

Shiva and his family

Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; photograph A.C. Cooper

Buddha

Buddha

P. Chandra

Confucius

Confucius

E.T.C. Werner's Myths and Legends of China, 1922

Jesus

Jesus

Farrell Grehan/Photo Researchers

Qurʾān

Qurʾān

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art, 2009 (accession no. 2009.294); www.metmuseum.org

Joseph Smith and Moroni

Joseph Smith and Moroni

Everett Collection Historical/Alamy

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