In one myth, this deity grants his battle axe to a devotee who had earlier beheaded his mother Renuka.
In one myth, this deity grants his battle axe to a devotee who had earlier beheaded his mother Renuka. This god is sometimes depicted surrounded by flames standing on the dwarf Apasmara in his role as the lord of the dance. This god caught a river goddess in his hair so that she would not destroy the earth as she fell. He is often represented as a phallic structure called the lingam. He drank the poisonous Halahala created during the churning of the Ocean of Milk, causing his throat to turn blue. This god rides the bull Nandi and responded to being blocked at the entrance of his home by cutting off the head of his son Ganesha. For 10 points, name this member of the Hindu Trimurti, the god of destruction.
In one myth, this deity grants his battle axe to a devotee who had earlier beheaded his mother Renuka.
Shiva