In Goethe's poem Der Gott und die Bajadere, this figure comes down to Earth as "Mahadoh," and in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children, Saleem is switched at birth with a boy named after this deity.
In Goethe's poem Der Gott und die Bajadere, this figure comes down to Earth as "Mahadoh," and in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children, Saleem is switched at birth with a boy named after this deity. He replaces the head of Daksha with that of a goat after his wife Sati commits by throwing herself into a sacrificial pyre to Vishnu. He is often depicted meditating on top of mount Kailash, and he is attended by a hunt goddess named Bhadra and his consort, Parvati. For 10 points, name this blue-skinned Hindu destroyer god.
In Goethe's poem Der Gott und die Bajadere, this figure comes down to Earth as "Mahadoh," and in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children, Saleem is switched at birth with a boy named after this deity.
{Shiva} [or {Siva}]