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'''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]]. 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. | '''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]]. 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, but it was immortalized as the macabre depiction in Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom. | ||
"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. | "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. | ||
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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. | 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 | Although Kali always does ''look'' frightening, for Hindus that's to represent her wrath and power; ''against'' evil. | ||
==/tv/ Relevance== | ==/tv/ Relevance== | ||
Revision as of 08:44, 28 December 2021
Kali is a Hindu goddess in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Called "Destructrix" (sometimes Parvati) she actually sees more veneration than Shiva. Some of her more-... enthusiastic followers joined the Thugee movement in India, basically Indian Assassins; although some Muslims joined as well. Either way the Brits and local authorities (often Muslim) put a brutal end to that shit, but it was immortalized as the macabre depiction in Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom.
"A fanged maw with a long coiling tongue lapping up drops of blood", according to Reddit. Based. So, so based. Advise not to put your dick in it, though.
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. Temple of Doom was the least of it.
Dungeons & Dragons
| Kali | ||
|---|---|---|
| Skull | ||
| Aliases | The Black Mother | |
| Alignment | Chaotic Evil | |
| Divine Rank | Intermediate Goddess | |
| Pantheon | Indian | |
| Portfolio | Death, life | |
| Home Plane | Caverns of the Skull (Abyss) | |
| Worshippers | Assassins, murderers | |
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.