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#Goddess
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- Deities
Who Is Durga? The Goddess the Gods Created When They Failed
When no god could defeat the buffalo demon, they pooled their fire and a warrior goddess walked out of it. Durga is power with a calm face.
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Who Is Kali? The Dark Mother Misunderstood
Black-skinned, wild-haired, garlanded with skulls, and adored by millions as the most tender of mothers. Kali is the great test of reading past appearances.
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Who Is Lakshmi? The Goddess of Wealth Who Stays Nowhere She Is Mistreated
Fortune, beauty, and abundance personified, and famously restless. Lakshmi's mythology is a complete ethics of wealth in the form of a goddess.
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Who Is Saraswati? The Goddess Who Chose Knowledge Over Gold
Dressed in white, holding a veena, attended by a swan: Saraswati is learning, music, and speech made divine, and her rivalry with fortune is the best joke in the pantheon.
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Who Is Freyja? The Goddess Who Took Half the Fallen
Love and war in one chariot drawn by cats: Freyja is the north's great goddess, and her portfolio refuses every tidy box.
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Who Is Isis? The Goddess Who Reassembled the World
Wife, widow, healer, throne: Isis gathered her murdered husband piece by piece, and her devotion conquered an empire that had conquered Egypt.





