? to Hindu's why is goddess kali always pictured trampling that other god?

Question

is she like the Goddess of ex wives?

Answer 1

No, She is not who you might think She is. For detailed information, please click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali

Answer 2

Kali is the fearful and ferocious form of the mother goddess Durga. She assumed the form of a powerful goddess and became popular with the composition of the Devi Mahatmya, a text of the 5th - 6th century AD. Here she is depicted as having born from the brow of Goddess Durga during one of her battles with the evil forces. As the legend goes, in the battle, Kali was so much involved in the killing spree that she got carried away and began destroying everything in sight. To stop her, Lord Shiva threw himself under her feet. Shocked at this sight, Kali stuck out her tongue in astonishment, and put an end to her homicidal rampage. Hence the common image of Kali shows her in her mêlée mood, standing with one foot on Shiva's chest, with her enormous tongue stuck out.

Answer 3

Kali Ma trampling Shiva... Shiva sacrificed himself under her "victory dance" that threatened to destroy the world, in order to save it and bring her back to her "senses". Shiva's not dead but in a deep trance of meditation.

Other interpretations are (historically speaking) that it's a victory dance of the mother goddess (from the matriarchal Dravidian traditions) over the patriarchal male pantheon.

All depends on who you ask.

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Answer 4

After vanquishing Kali was very much qworked up with rage. To stop her death dance, Shiva threw Himself under Her feet. Then she can came out of her ferocious aspect Kali and transformed Herself to Durga.

Answer 5

"She who devours time,"

In Kali's most famous myth, Durga and her assistants, Matrikas, wound the demon Raktabija, in various ways and with a variety of weapons, in an attempt to destroy him. They soon find that they have worsened the situation, as for every drop of blood that is spilt from Raktabija the demon reproduces a copy of himself. The battlefield becomes increasingly filled with his duplicates. Durga, in dire need of help, summons Kali to combat the demons. Kali destroys Raktabija by sucking the blood from his body and putting the many Raktabija duplicates in her gaping mouth. Pleased with her victory, Kali then dances on the field of battle, stepping on the corpses of the slain. Her consort Shiva lies among the dead beneath her feet, a representation of Kali commonly seen in iconography, the Daksinakali pose.

Answer 6

Kali tramples all; she is a goddess of death and destruction.

Answer 7

they are false gods