Reading Notes: Tales of Durga: Tales of the Mother Goddess

  • Oh, the story of Mahisha that I know all too well by now. But I did not know he commanded that the worship of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva be stopped. I thought no one worshiped Brahma, especially since he causes so much trouble with all of his gosh dingin' boons. I also noticed that there was no mention of these asuras actually coming after any followers of Brahma like they did for the followers of Vishnu and Shiva.
  • Is it just me, or do a lot of these characters seem whitewashed? Maybe it is just something to help differentiate asuras from devas and comic book style coloration.
  • Hell hath no wrath like Durga.
  • Mahisha also turned into a lion, an elephant, and a bull besides his familiar buffalo form. And in that form, partially the head and torso becoming humanoid again, he was killed by Durga.
  • Perfect, a story and information about Shumbha, Chanda, and Munda that I need fairly soon.
  • Uttering "hum" will result in the one it is aimed at to turn into smoldering ash.
  • Did Shumbha also have a boon that made him invulnerable to all but women?
  • I love how Ambika (another form of Durga) is just toying with all of these asuras
  • Okay, but Kali is a badass. She threw a whole elephant at a whole section of the asura army. And without even doing too much, she just beheads Chanda and Munda.
    • The carnage wrote by Kali could be on par with super hero movies. Kali could be totally re-imagined like that.
  • Is Maneshwara another name for Shiva?
  • Three major Gods came assuming female forms (Brahmani, Vaishnavi, and Maheshwari) to defeat Shumbha and his armies.
    • That is a great basis for some gender bending.
    • They are all forms of Shakti
  • Raktabeeja was the demon whose clones would emerge from his blood droplets when they hit the ground.
  • Is the blood something like power or spirit and touching and mixing it with the earth gives it form?
  • Durga is Shakti. All of these Shakti forms are a part of her.

Durga
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Bibliography. "Tales of Durga: Tales of the Mother Goddess (Volume 514)" from Amar Chitra Katha, link to Reading Guide.

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