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Siva forThe HinduGod of destruction, in the "brahmana", the upanishads, two great epics and carrying his myth, both in the puranas.He is said to have greatly reduced the magic ability, forehead of third eye spray can ruin a life, has destroyed three demon city lure and his love of god, a three magic city known as the destroyer.The gods and the asuras churning sea, he swallowed poison to destroy the world, the neck was burned into young black and blue neck as.India teaching thought "destruction" has the meaning of "renewable", so said male genitals - Lin of fertility is the symbol of his creativity, set by shakti and shiva christians worship.Shiva is the god of asceticism, and at the age of ji dancing on the Himalayas mountains practicing asceticism, through the most rigorous asceticism and thorough meditation, for the most profound knowledge and magic power.He is the god of dance, creating and soft two kinds of dance, was regarded as commissioned.

Shiva (Shiva) and Brahma (Brahma and Vishnu (Vishnu) as the three major Hindu god.

He was the leader of the evil spirits and ghosts, monsters are subject to him.The wife is snow mountain goddess, two sons is gandhara and mountains.The former is commander-in-chief of the day will be, the latter is to serve the god shiva the small list.His image is portrayed as three eye four hands, hands holding the three fork, god screw, water tank, drum, etc.;Dressed in animal skins, and ash, and there is a crescent moon as decoration, hair shaped into horns, there is the symbol of the Ganges.The Ganges fable goddess mundane has first fell on his head, she points to seven road earth, around the neck of a snake.The mount is a head of buffalo.His story referring to various kinds of literature.His religious believers to serve as the supreme god, the god of land, water, fire, wind, empty, day, month and sacrifice to eight, in addition to the destruction can also be created.Call him Siva buddhist literature, the top of the live color world, for the Lord of the three thousand world.

Religious legends

Shiva is full of self-sacrifice.When the goddess of the Ganges from snow mountain kingdom who, shiva, in order to avoid the water flooded too hard, he personally to water head, let the Ganges river flow between his locks in one thousand, after a buffer to flow to the earth.

Shiva live in keira Mount isa (Mount Kalashi, that is, within the territory of China Tibet ali, pema qin mountain), he is riding the bull south di (Nandi), he is god princess snow mountain fairy pearl tile (Parvat: and), also called uma (Um ā, bright and beautiful).Originated in India the consort of shiva, aboriginal mother of god, both reproductive and destruction as shiva, dual personality, gentle terrorist equal with different appearance.Ms. Pal or uma image is namby-pamby up-to-dateness wife.Toure another image of Siva spouse (Durg ā, durga) is the goddess of beauty and murderous revenge, has represented the gods kill the buffalo strange magic sand.There is a kind of image kali (Kal: and, black goddess, god), they practiced, have a passion for blood sacrifice, is a god of death.

Shiva and pearl son of Ms. Walsh (Gane?A) is lovely like a god, and the other a son tucked gandhara (Skanda) is the great brave justice handsome ares (the power of god jose Lu Gan (Lord Murugan, also known as Mr Da mu lu Skandar Murugan).Plug is gandhara buddhist dharma Buddha: bodhisattva wei tuo.WeiTuo bodhisattva: Vatican Skanda, ba themselves KHANDA, also called general, general wei, wei days turned out to be the brahmans ares, six twelve arm head, bow and arrow in hand, ride a peacock.Worship wei tuo faith first popular in south India, 5th century will be to north India, attracted to mahayana Buddhism as the patron saint, is one of the eight generals, southern growth day in 32 general under the four heavenly Kings.Wei tuo born intelligent, away from dust, then convert to buddhist, become a protector of the gods.Legends of tang dynasty DaoXuan lawyers had talks with nature and man, say to the southern star men have a wei general, thereby feeling he appeared, dressed in armor, crossing their, treasure pestle arm askew.From then on, China began to set up one day in the dojo general body as bodhisattva wei tuo.

Hindu existing icon, the most important, the most famous, is casting on shiva statue of chola era, called the tarot, which means the king of the king of the dancing or dance.Such as a large number of creation in the chola age, continues in south India to the 12th century.

In Hindu statues, shiva is usually yoga ascetic, riddled with grey, vertebral bun hair, wearing a crescent moon, goes a long neck, chest a string of skeleton, waistline a tiger skin, four hands hold the trident, axes, tambourine, clubs, or female deer.His forehead with the third eye, can spray shenhuo everything to ashes.Legend god kama in disturbing, shiva in our third eye injection of shenhuo to love god shiva to form pin bone destruction, but god did not die, but not the form, so love is invisible.

Shiva is characterized by day dance jump to create and destroy the world.His hair chaos to waft out, along with the dance with him on the right side to fit its hourglass floating with the rhythm of the tambourine.This kind of rhythm is the universe (and) the voice of the heart beating, benevolence and by creating dance.The universe itself is characterized by surrounding this god's aura, halo from the statue base of mocha and breeding.And this moment to create complementary, is simultaneous destruction of the universe, from the ring around the fire and shiva, left alone the little flame of symbolic.This single flame makes all ashes: just keep balance with the drums of creation in his right hand.Bottom right hand to soothe his followers, a reassuring fearless potential to bless.Blessed is further down the left hand "like hand" (gaja hasta).The "flag" drooping gesture by finger touch trunks, at this point to from ignorance of gnome back in his left foot.This symbolic gestures can make believers relief the suffering of the Maya, his right foot at the same time to dance in the back of the dwarf.Dwarf hold a poisonous cobra, and the same snake like an ornament worn on shiva, bless his right arm.

In many other interesting details, have a ShenBao crown on this skeleton, and a crescent moon, symbolizes the shiva phases found in the universe, have also been there even when they were hidden.In his inclusion in the ashes of the dead bun, shiva, carries on the sky of the Ganges, a statue of goddess Ganges as in he is on the right side of the hair.She is a mixture of mermaid, upper body are female, and mocha.The symbolism is endless, for shiva Lutheran church, the dance the ikon in interpretation of the creation and destruction of the universe compassion and strength.