Usually depicted with three legs and seven arms, he serves as the lokapala of the southeast and uses his seven tongues to lick up sacrificial butter.
This deity was worshipped by the Persians until the rise of Zoroastrianism led to his role being usurped by the yazata Atar. The sage Vasistha condemned this deity's three sons to be born and reborn repeatedly; those three sons are Pavaka, Pavamana, and Suchi. This god revealed the identity of Puloma to a demon, causing the sage Bhrigu to lay a curse on him. He helped convey the sparks of Shiva's seed to the Ganges River, where they eventually became Kartikeya, as a result of which some myths call Kartikeya the son of this deity and his consort Svaha. Eight of the ten books of the Rig Veda open with hymns to this messenger god, a son of Prthivi and Dyaus Pita. Usually depicted with three legs and seven arms, he serves as the lokapala of the southeast and uses his seven tongues to lick up sacrificial butter. For 10 points, identify this brother of Surya and Indra, the Vedic god of fire.
This deity was worshipped by the Persians until the rise of Zoroastrianism led to his role being usurped by the yazata Atar.
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