The cause of this dilemma is owing to the fact that the Luke narrator, after having interwoven into _his_ story, of the birth of Jesus, the _old myth_ of the tax or tribute, which is said to have taken place at the time of the birth of some _previous_ virgin-born Saviours, looked among the records to see if a taxing had ever taken place in Judea, so that he might refer to it in support of his statement. He found the account of the taxing, referred to above, and without stopping to consider _when_ this taxing took place, or whether or not it would conflict with the statement that Jesus was born _in the days of Herod_, he added to his narrative the words: "And this taxing was _first made_ when Cyrenius was governor of Syria."[158:2] We will now show the ancient myth of the taxing. According to the _Vishnu Purana_, when the infant Saviour _Crishna_ was born, his foster father, _Nanda_, had come to the city _to pay his tax or yearly tribute to the king_. It distinctly speaks of Nanda, and other cowherds, "_bringing tribute or tax to Kansa_" the reigning monarch.[158:3] It also describes a scene which took place after the taxes had been paid. Vasudeva, an acquaintance of Nanda's, "went to the wagon of Nanda, and found Nanda there, rejoicing that a son (Crishna) had been born to him. "Vasudeva spoke to him kindly, and congratulated him _on having a son in his old age_.[158:4] "'Thy yearly tribute,' he added, 'has been paid to the king . . . why do you delay, now that your affairs are settled? Up, Nanda, quickly, and set off to your own pastures.' . . . Accordingly Nanda and the other cowherds returned to their village."[158:5] Now, in regard to _Buddha_, the same myth is found. Among the thirty-two signs which were to be fulfilled by the mother of the expected Messiah (Buddha), the fifth sign was recorded to be, "_that she would be on a journey at the time of her child's birth_." Therefore, "that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets," the virgin Maya, in the tenth month after her heavenly conception, was on a journey to her father, when lo, the birth of the Messiah took place under a tree. One account says that "she had alighted at an _inn_ when Buddha was born."[159:1] The mother of _Lao-tsze_, the Virgin-born Chinese sage, was away from home when her child was born. She stopped to rest _under a tree_, and there, like the virgin Maya, gave birth to her son.[159:2] _Pythagoras_ (B. C. 570), whose real father was the Holy Ghost,[159:3] was also born at a time when his mother was away from home on a journey. She was travelling with her husband, who was _about his mercantile concerns_, from Samos to Sidon.[159:4]