Parvati

Hindu tradition. See the whole pantheon.

Domains
power (shakti), marriage, mountains
Symbols and attributes
Lion or tiger
Partner
Shiva
Children
Ganesha, Kartikeya
is a form of
Durga
Vishvarupa Vishnu, Kashmir or Himachal, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art collection.
Vishvarupa Vishnu, Kashmir or Himachal, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art collection.

Key myth

Daughter of the mountain king Himavat, she performs austerities to win Shiva. She is mother of Ganesha and Kartikeya.

Primary sources

  • Kumarasambhava (Kalidasa)
  • Shiva Purana

All sources for the Hindu pantheon

Place in the family graph

Choose a deity to see where it comes from. Dashed lines are links the sources describe that are not parent and child.

Dyaus PitarPrithviIndraAgniVarunaSuryaYamaUshasVishnuLakshmiShivaParvatiSaraswatiGaneshaKartikeyaDurgaKrishna

More traditions

Elsewhere in the world

Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Parvati: love, desire and fertility, earth, harvest and fertility. This is overlap in one area only.

Norse

Sif

golden hair, grain (by later reading)

Norse

Freyr

peace, fertility, sunshine

Norse

Freyja

love, desire, magic (seiðr)

Egyptian

Geb

earth

Egyptian

Osiris

afterlife, resurrection, fertility of the flood

Egyptian

Hathor

love, music, joy

Egyptian

Sobek

Nile, fertility, kingship

Mesopotamian

Ninlil

grain, wind (as Enlil's wife)

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