Nov 29, 2022 · For his bravery and service, he was named “Ganesha,” or lord of the Ganas. Calling card case decorated with Ganesha bearing a lotus, bowl of modaks, an axe, and a goad. Mouse vehicle visible underneath. British Museum, London, ca. 1880. Trustees of the British Museum Public Domain Birth by Parvati and Beheading by Shani

Nov 29, 2022 · Hence, o lord, you will celebrate marriage in accordance with the rules for the fulfilment of the task of the gods. The customary procedures of the marriage shall certainly be followed. Let Himavat know that an auspicious penance has been performed well by his daughter. At first, Parvati’s parents were unsure whether to agree to their marriage.

Nov 29, 2022 · Because of this marriage, Skanda-Karttikeya is also known as Devasenapati, meaning “Lord of Devasena,” or, more literally, “Lord of the Army of the Gods,” a reference to both his marriage and his position as general. Birth by Shiva (and then by Agni and Ganga) in the Ramayana. The Ramayana relates two different tales of Karttikeya’s ...

Nov 29, 2022 · The four-headed god Brahma is the creator god of the Hindu trimurti (“trinity”), alongside Shiva the destroyer and Vishnu the preserver. Known for giving blessings to those who impress him with their asceticism, Brahma’s favors often lead to nearly invulnerable enemies that the gods struggle to defeat.

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Nov 29, 2022 · Egyptian gods and goddesses were incarnations of both natural phenomena, such as the sun, and social phenomena, like knowledge. Egypt itself was ruled by a pharaoh who claimed to be the gods’ representative on earth, and who acted as …

Nov 29, 2022 · Vishnu’s main function is to send out avatars to right the world’s wrongs. Within the Hindu trimurti (“trinity”), he acts as the preserver, alongside Brahma the creator and Shiva the destroyer. But in Vaishnava traditions, Vishnu reigns supreme as creator, preserver, and destroyer; all other gods are merely emanations of his godhead.

Apr 11, 2023 · Etymology. As with most Greek deities, the etymology of the name “Apollo” has mysterious origins. It does not appear in the Linear B tablets, the earliest surviving texts of Greek civilization, written in a syllabic script during the Greek Bronze Age (ca. 1600–1100 BCE).

Nov 29, 2022 · The Norse gods and goddesses are the array of deities honored by ancient Nordic worshipers. They primarily came from two different tribes, the Aesir and the Vanir, but were united in their efforts to fight the jötnar, a tribe of giants dwelling in another realm of …

Nov 29, 2022 · Thoth, Lord of the Ogdoad. Thoth, Without a Mother. Thoth, The Place-Taker of Ra. Hermes Trismegistus (Thoth, the Thrice Great) Attributes. An incredibly important deity to the Egyptians, Thoth represented many facets of reality. He was a god of the moon, science, wisdom, secret magics, and medicine.