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Shiva is one of the three deities in the Trimurti, a trinity of the three supreme deities in Hindu Mythology. Shiva is attributed with the action of destroying chaos and evil when it threatens to harm the balance of the cosmos. Shiva is said to have been created along with Vishnu and Brahma in most versions that depict this event. 

However, according to the sect of Shaivism, Shiva, being the supreme being, is believed to have created himself. Other sects like Vaishnavism assert that Shiva was created along with everything else, by their respective supreme deities. 

Vishnu is believed to have been created alongside the two other deities of the Trimurti, Shiva and Brahma in most versions of Hindu Mythology. However, Vishnu has ten reincarnations on earth referred to as the Dashavatar. All of these reincarnations have separate origin stories. 

There exist other versions where Vishnu created himself, like the beliefs in the sect of Vaishnavism. In some traditions like Shaktism, a supreme goddess known as Devi is said to have created the Trimurti, which includes Vishnu. In the Smarta tradition of Hinduism, Vishnu is one among five of the deities worshipped during the Panchayatana Puja.