As Divine Mother she is often represented dancing or in sexual union with Shiva, but her accoutrements, including a protruding tongue, four arms, a severed demon's head, bloody sword, and a belt made of dismembered human arms, paint a grimmer picture.
In the Vedas her name is associated with Agni, the god of fire, who has seven flickering tongues of flame; she was the black, horrible tongue. As Divine Mother she is often represented dancing or in sexual union with Shiva, but her accoutrements, including a protruding tongue, four arms, a severed demon's head, bloody sword, and a belt made of dismembered human arms, paint a grimmer picture. FTP, name this Hindu deity, symbol of dissolution and destruction.
In the Vedas her name is associated with Agni, the god of fire, who has seven flickering tongues of flame; she was the black, horrible tongue.
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