Myths Collection

To eliminate the predicted threat to his throne, the tyrant King Kamsa sent the shape-shifting demoness Putana to kill the infant Krishna. Disguising herself as a beautiful woman, she attempted to nurse him with poisoned milk, but the divine child sucked out her life force instead. Upon her death, she was liberated from her demonic nature and granted a motherly status in the afterlife due to...

During a time of great peril, a group of demons known as the Kalakeyas hid within the depths of the ocean, emerging only at night to slaughter sages and disrupt cosmic order. When the gods found themselves unable to reach their foes, the great sage Agastya used his immense spiritual power to swallow the entire ocean in a single draught. This act exposed the demons, allowing the gods to defeat...

The demon Mahishasura, empowered by a boon that no man could defeat him, terrorized the heavens and the earth. In response, the Trimurti combined their energies to manifest Goddess Durga, a warrior deity of supreme power. She engaged the shape-shifting buffalo demon in a cosmic battle, eventually slaying him at the Chamundi Hills to restore Dharma and earn the title Mahishasuramardini.