Devi

 

Devi

 

Crow Betty told Agudumba some stories about the Snow Mountain Goddess. After the Gupta Dynasty in India, the status of the goddess became increasingly prominent. These goddesses shouldered many important tasks of rescuing people, even more than the male gods. Even the goddess's fighting power and magical power surpass those of many male gods.

Crow Betty said to Agudengba: The goddesses in Chinese mythology basically symbolize kindness, kindness, saving the world and benefiting the people, perhaps the pursuit of love and the desire for freedom, such as Nuwa mending the sky and Jing Jing. Wei reclamation, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, Butterfly Lovers, Legend of the White Snake, Seven Fairies, Luoyang God... the deified goddess is the hero of the Guo Kingdom, Hua Mulan.

Crow Betty said: Chinese people have always valued boys over girls, and even those who write mythological stories are not willing to deify women. The Indians are completely different. For example, there is the story of the fierce battle between Nanjomu and Mahisha, the leader of the Asuras, who killed the bull demon King, and the legend of the Goddess Devi who was born specifically to kill Asuras and demons.

Crow Betty told Agudumba in detail the story of Parvati Dev's expedition, which was a completely different legend from Hua Mulan's joining the army in place of her father.

After King Asura deceived the great god Brahma and obtained the invincible Vajra, he assembled a powerful army of Asuras, formed an alliance with Rakshasa and other evil tribes, committed evil and chaos everywhere, and challenged the gods. This is a god-destroying war provoked by demons.

The three main gods Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu were unwilling to interfere with the evil deeds of King Vaji Asura, which made the goddess Devi Parvati angry. Parvati is the wife of Shiva.

Parvati said to the three main gods: I can go out on my behalf to defeat the evil-doing King Asura.

The three main gods were very surprised to see Parvati coming forward to fight on behalf of her husband. But in the end, he agreed to Parvati's request and expressed his full support and help in her challenge to King Asura.

The beliefs of Parvati, the goddess of Devi, are extremely complicated because during the creation of the world, her husband Lord Shiva was half male and half female. Shakti refers to His female form. The changeable role of Goddess Devi also reflects the complex character of her husband Lord Shiva. As Shiva has two aspects, good and ferocious, so Goddess Devi also has two personalities, gentle and ferocious. When He assumes the form of gentleness, He is the mother of all creation and the wife of Shiva. In other words, she can also be the incarnation of the female war goddess or the female devil.

Devi means goddess in Sanskrit. Brahmanism adheres to monism and believes that Devi is the prototype of all goddesses. Therefore, although the goddesses in Indian mythology have many shapes, generally speaking, they are the spouses of the three great gods, that is, Parvati, the wife of Shiva. , the wife of Vishnu, the auspicious goddess, and the wife of Brahma, the goddess of eloquence.

Among them, Parvati, the wife of Shiva, has the greatest power and is worshiped as the Supreme Goddess Mahadevi, also known as the Great Goddess. As Shiva has two aspects, good and ferocious, so Devi goddess Parvati also has two personalities: gentle and ferocious.

Crow Betty smiled and said: Mr. Agudumba, if you want to understand the legend of the goddess in India, you might as well let me sing a song "Goddess Devi" for you:

 

Ah, we are the goddess Devi!

 

We are all the incarnations of the Snow Mountain Goddess,

Originally it was the pillar supporting the mountains,

We are not hiding in underground caves,

The collapse of the sky and the collapse of the earth cannot defeat Tipi's will.

 

In order to eradicate the Asura ghosts and demons,

Let's go out together to fight against evil spirits,

In order to let the light of the three realms be reborn again,

We show no mercy in the face of evil.

 

Ah, we are the goddess Devi!

 

We love heaven, earth and all living things,

To defend freedom and punish the devil,

Our tenderness turns to hardness and violence,

We are the patron saints of wealth and happiness.