In
Hinduism,
Vamana is the fifth
avatar of
Vishnu, a
dwarf. He tricked
Bali into giving up all of the
heavens and
earth. Vamana asked for a piece of land only three paces wide and Bali agreed; Vamana stepped across the earth in one step, the heavens in the second and elected not to claim the
underworld, leaving that for Bali to keep.