Shiva

Supreme deity of destruction, asceticism, and regeneration; the great yogin

Children

• Ganesha
• Kartikeya

Domains

• destruction
• asceticism
• storm howling

Powers

• Dance the cosmic dance of creation and dissolution
• Incinerate to ash with a glance of the third eye
• Hold the world-poison in the throat
• Bear the descending river Ganga in matted locks

Epithets

• महादेव
• नटराज
• नीलकण्ठ
• त्र्यम्बक
• शङ्कर
• रुद्र
• महेश्वर
• पशुपति
• गिरीश
• गङ्गाधर

Relations

• equated with: Oesho
• interpretatio: Lord of Crops and War
• companion: Nandi
• spouse: Parvati

Sources

• Rigveda (Rudra hymns)
• Shiva Purana