Vishnu may appear in art as a fish, a tortoise, a boar, a man-lion, or a dwarf, the first five of his nine avatars.
Vishnu cannot appear in different forms.
mnli hypothesis: Vishnu cannot appear in different forms. premise: Vishnu may appear in art as a fish, a tortoise, a boar, a man-lion, or a dwarf, the first five of his nine avatars.