Editing Kali

'''Kali''' is a Hindu goddess in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Called "[[Mythology#Deities_of_Destruction|Destructrix]]" (sometimes '''Parvati''') she actually sees more veneration than [[Shiva]] (although this is regional, Shiva remains king of Uttar Pradesh in the north where That Movie takes place). Some of her more-... ''enthusiastic'' followers joined the Thugee movement in India, basically Indian [[Assassin]]s; although some Muslims joined as well. Either way the Brits and local authorities (often Muslim) put a brutal end to that shit.

Okay, we'll get this out of the way: most of /tg/ got here based on the macabre depiction in ''Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom'', which then fanned out to late-first-edition [[Dungeons & Dragons]] modules. Although [[Deities & Demigods]] beat Spielberg to it.

"A fanged maw with a long coiling tongue lapping up drops of blood", according to [https://www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/comments/h7xw1k/im_planning_on_playing_a_variant_human_death/ Reddit]. Based. So, so based. Advise not to put your dick in it, though. That was based on an account where Kali drank the blood from the corpse of a powerful demon, Raktabija, to prevent the drops from becoming [[Alpha Legion|more copies]] of that demon.

Hinduism is a diverse phenomenon, we must stress. How this or that god is viewed will depend on one's location and on one's specific approach to the gods. For most Hindus: Kali is an endless primordial force of vengeance, eternity, liberation from suffering, and protection against evil. Compare, the Satan in Judaism: sometimes God's prosecuting angel, sometimes an ''ex-''angel.

Although Kali always does ''look'' frightening, for Hindus that's to represent her wrath and power; ''against'' evil. 

==/tv/ Relevance==
Naturally a goddess on the negative side of the ledger, in ''non''-Hindus' storytelling, is going to be an antagonist. ''[https://youtube.com/watch?v=R0S8JZ6YO5c Temple of Doom]'' was the least of it.

==Dungeons & Dragons==
{{Infobox Deity
|Name = Kali
|Symbol = Skull
|Aliases = The Black Mother
|Alignment = Chaotic Evil
|Divine Rank = Intermediate Goddess
|Pantheon = Indian
|Portfolio = Death, life
|Domains = 
|Home Plane = ''Caverns of the Skull'' ([[Abyss]])
|Worshippers = [[Assassin]]s, murderers
|Favoured Weapon = 
}}
Kali rules at least one layer on The [[Abyss]]. [[Rick Swan]] described layer 500 in ''Tales of the Outer Planes'', a jungle like [[Demogorgon]]'s but India-themed. Late in 2e, [[Planescape]] gave her another layer, this one more cave-themed, we guess because the ''Temple of Doom'' generation had forgotten that the movie was easily the weakest in the series (up to the 1990s) and wanted to adventure somewhere like it.

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==Ravenloft==
{{Infobox Deity
|Name = Kali
|Symbol = Skulls strung together in a leather necklace
|Aliases = 
|Alignment = Chaotic Evil
|Divine Rank = Unknown
|Pantheon = Ravenloft
|Portfolio = Creation, death, destruction, life
|Domains = Destruction, Evil, Healing, Trickery
|Home Plane = Unknown
|Worshippers = People of Sri Raji
|Favoured Weapon = Sap
}}
In [[Ravenloft]], Kali is worshipped in the [[Demiplane of Dread#Sri Raji|domain]] of Sri Raji, with the local [[Darklord]] Arijani being her high priest. Every day one person from the domain is chosen and sacrificed to Kali, and by that we mean eaten alive by Arijani. After the [[Grand Conjunction]], her worship became more common as the people saw the Grand Conjunction as the time Kali destroyed the old world and birthed it anew.

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