Re: Red Goddess pic

From: Santo Sengupta <s.santo.sengupta_at_kt47SWpUWH7HpaU8vq-eoSAiJNNC6xh5aails1fB-8oLROsT7Dl2do3JG00>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:17:43 -0500


Namaste:
The Seven Mothers (or Sapta Matrika) are an interesting group of lesser goddesses, who are considered to be aspects of the great mother goddess Durga. They are Shaktis (divine power) of seven of the gods, which manifested in feminine form to fight demons (antigods!) on the field of battle. They are not really worshiped independently in modern day Hindu practice, but still important in the mythology and hymns of the Goddess.

More can be found here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrikas

They don't really have much mythological similarity to the Seven Mothers of the Red Goddess, really.

Speaking of the Red Goddess, Hinduism has several. None are precisely like Sedenya, but perhaps could provide inspiration into one of her faces. Like Lunarism, Goddesses in Hinduism have quite mutable and fluid identities, dependent on the worshipers outlook and what region they are from..

And then in Buddhism, there is Red Tara: http://www.exoticindiaart.com/product/TM95/

-- 
-S. Santo Sengupta
"Aum Shanti Shanti Shantih."

On Dec 13, 2007 10:25 PM, ileskela <ileskela_at_IGT1FlbjDeke6v3OJQ_DbN4o67wZjSqkqpdYaJRMIedup2_rVWRwQVVMIhovbrSdjwlFiwTuCqCFbOJNKw.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

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> Have you tried "Seven Mothers"? There's some very nice stuff there on
> this group of goddesses FROM INDIA. :)
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