Anyone know about Hindu gods?

[FeralMermaid]

I found this at a sale and thought it was neat. I suppose it isn't too valuable, but I'm curious about it. Anyone know what god/dess it might be? And what it's made out of (again, I know nothing about metals. lol) It's kind of heavy, and tarnished on one corner.

 

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[FeralMermaid]

Oops, a simple eBay search revealed many Shiva figures similar to it. Guess that solves that part.

But what's it made of, brass?

Edit: I'm dumb and answered my own question. Y'all mods can delete this thread. lol

 

[The_Piratess]

Actually it is Kali, the Hindu goddess of time, doomsday and death. It appears to be made of brass.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Same deity. You just want to catch her (or him) early because she's a morning person . . . er, entity.



But what you've got there is Lord Nataraja. Which is Shiva in the form of The Lord of the Dance (it's complicated). Stepping on the dwarf of ignorance.



Shiva Nataraja - Lord of the Dance (Article) - Ancient History Encyclopedia

 

[Old Pueblo]

Interesting find. I found one in an alley, I think it was, a long time ago. t looks a lot like yours.

 

[trdking]

I spent almost a year in the South of India and most Indians don't even know the many variations of the Gods. Just the basics

 

[Old Pueblo]

Actually it is Kali, the Hindu goddess of time, doomsday and death. It appears to be made of brass.

In that case, I may have to bury this thing at the bottom of the ocean, or at least toss it into an abandoned mine shaft or something.

 

[The_Piratess]

In that case, I may have to bury this thing at the bottom of the ocean, or at least toss it into an abandoned mine shaft or something.

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Well actually it is still in the phase of the evening deity, Shiva Nataraja just before it turns into Kali at night...

However when it turns into Kali her girdle of severed human hands signifies work and liberation from the cycle of karma. Her white teeth show her inner purity, and her red lolling tongue indicates her omnivorous nature – "her indiscriminate enjoyment of all the world's 'flavors'." Her sword is the destroyer of false consciousness and the eight bonds that bind us.

Her three eyes represent past, present, and future, – the three modes of time – an attribute that lies in the very name Kali ('Kala' in Sanskrit means time). The eminent translator of Tantrik texts, Sir John Woodroffe in Garland of Letters, writes, "Kali is so called because She devours Kala (Time) and then resumes Her own dark formlessness."

Kali's proximity to cremation grounds where the five elements or "Pancha Mahabhuta" come together and all worldly attachments are absolved, again point to the cycle of birth and death. The reclined Shiva lying prostrate under the feet of Kali suggests that without the power of Kali (Shakti), Shiva is inert.

 

[P.ALLEN]

Consort at times to Lord Shiva. Weird association to the fictional cult in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Man some of ya'll were on point with the info!

 

[Gizmo1211]

Cool piece!

 

[gentleone444]

I have one of those!

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[Ammoman]

Looks like a character i saw in a Sinbad movie once.