don't laugh, OK maybe a little
Sanskrit AVATARA ("descent"), in Hinduism, the incarnation of a deity in human or animal form to counteract some particular evil in the world. The term usually refers to these 10 appearances of Vishnu: Matsya (fish), Kurma (tortoise), Varaha (boar), Narasimha (half man, half lion), Vamana (dwarf), Parasurama (Rama with the axe), Rama (hero of the Ramayana epic), Krishna (the divine cowherd), Buddha, and Kalkin (the incarnation yet to come). The number of Vishnu's avatars is sometimes extended or their identities changed, according to local preferences. Thus, Krishna is in some areas elevated to the rank of a deity, and his half brother, Balarama, included as an avatar. One formulation of the doctrine is given in the religious poem the Bhagavadgita, when charioteer Lord Krishna tells Arjuna: "Whenever there is a decline of righteousness and rise of unrighteousness then I send forth Myself. For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the establishment of righteousness, I come into being from age to age."
This is from "britannica"
At first I was very surprised that you call these little pictures avatars. They were in no way connected with the choice of my nick.
This is my web nick, my friends call me sniper, but it would be too long to explain.
I chose AVATAR because I like the meaning and I would have no objection to be a real one
from another of my posts-
The thought that you are immortal takes away a lot of worries from you. my nick is avatar - it by itself explains a lot.
I have always dreamed about living in deep future, and to have witnessed the ancient times of our civilization
