Lord of Crops and War
Kalash · deity · perennial · deity
Kalasha mahandéo corresponds to Nuristani Mon/Mandi; the name is ultimately from Skt. Mahadeva but the figure is the indigenous Hindu Kush war-and-crop god, not Puranic Shiva.
Domains
- agriculture
- war
Powers
- mediates between the people and the highest god
- cheats Balumain of supremacy at the Shawalo meadow
Epithets
- Mahandeo
Relations
- equated with: Moni the Prophet-Hero
- interpretatio: Shiva