In Cambodian myth, Hari-hara is a combination of this figure and Hiranya. This figure assumed the name "conquerer of death" when he kicked the demon Yama, and the lingam stone represents his phallus. This god drunk the poison
In Cambodian myth, Hari-hara is a combination of this figure and Hiranya. This figure assumed the name "conquerer of death" when he kicked the demon Yama, and the lingam stone represents his phallus. This god drunk the poison from the world's ocean, Halahala, in order to allow the Devatas to access the immortal nectar, thus giving himself the name Neelakantam. In one story, this deity pacified Kali by climbing under her during her victory dance, and in a more famous story severed the head of an elephant to supplant his son's. For 10 points, name this father of Ganesha and husband of Parvati, the destroyer god of the Hindu Trimurti.
In Cambodian myth, Hari-hara is a combination of this figure and Hiranya.
{Shiva}