Female demon names have roots in various cultures and appear in Jewish lore, Greek tales, Mesopotamian myths, and Hindu deities. Though scary to some, their unique meanings and creative potential ...

This is intended to portray her as a goddess of energy. She is also seen as Kali, a goddess who is linked with the idea of death and demons.

Before exams, Hindu pupils pray to ... he had defeated a host of benevolent gods. With one of her 18 arms, at the height of the battle, she effortlessly pulls the demon out of his buffalo body ...

According to Hindu lore, the Samudra Manthan resulted ... rejuvenation and a connection to the divine. Imagine the gods and demons churning a cosmic ocean, a divine tug-of-war that wasn’t ...

Pilgrims exulted in the beat of drums and honking horns. The festival is rooted in Hindu mythology, a battle between deities and demons for control of a pitcher containing the nectar of immortality.

Despite this, Hiranyakashipu’s son Prahlad continued to worship the Hindu god Vishnu instead of his father. The demon King, not wanting to give his son special treatment, concocted a plan to ...