Unlike Shiva, her skin is black, and she is often depicted dancing on a dead body.
In the Vedas, her name is used for the black tongue of Agni. As a classical Hindu god, her upper left hand holds a bloody sword, and her lower left hand holds the severed head of a demon. Unlike Shiva, her skin is black, and she is often depicted dancing on a dead body. She wears a necklace of human skulls that may correspond to letters of the Sanskrit alphabet, and the Thuggee cult was devoted to her. For 10 points, name this Hindu goddess of destruction, depicted with wild eyes and protruding tongue.
In the Vedas, her name is used for the black tongue of Agni.
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