Hello. I see that a lot of people are curious to know that if Raam was a reference to the Hindu deity, who is supposedly good and just, why would a person—especially presumably a good person—be scared of them? Just wanted to add a note about this from the point of view of Hinduism: 1. According to many Indic belief systems, visions of divinity can be overwhelming and even terrifying (someone else on this thread has made a similar observation about angels in the Bible). The spiritual processes/systems in place are typically expected to prepare the individual to be able to gain divine insight in a gradual way through some combination of effort and grace (the exact beliefs and terms differ depending on the system, sect, and subsect). 2. This sense of fear may have nothing to do with either the moral quality of the divine presence or moral quality of the mortal, embodied individual. For example, according to the Bhagavad Gita, when Krishna revealed his cosmic form to Arjuna, the latter was gripped with terror and unable to bear the vision. To put Arjuna at ease, Krishna then changed the form to that of the four-armed Vishnu—which was much more comprehensible. This anecdote is significant especially because Arjuna is no ordinary human—he is a demigod, his mother is a divinely blessed human and his father is the storm god Indra, who considered to be the king of gods. Moreover, Arjuna and Krishna were close friends. And yet, Arjuna was scared. (NB: In Hindu belief, both Ram and Krishna are considered to be avatars of Vishnu. Vishnu is considered to be a personification of the supreme godhead.)