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Gajasura is an elephant demon killed by Shiva, in his Gajasurasamhara form. Gajendra the elephant, was rescued by Vishnu from the clutches of Huhu, the Crocodile in the legend of Gajendra Moksha. Ganesha also known as Ganapati and Vinayaka, the elephant headed God. Iravati is a daughter of Kadru and Kasyapa.
Makara (Sanskrit: मकर, romanized: Makara) is a legendary sea-creature in Hindu mythology. [1] In Hindu astrology, Makara is equivalent to the Zodiac sign Capricorn. Makara appears as the vahana (vehicle) of the river goddess Ganga, Narmada, and of the god of the ocean, Varuna. [2] Makara are considered guardians of gateways and thresholds ...
t. e. The folklore of India encompasses the folklore of the Republic of India and the Indian subcontinent. India is an ethnically and religiously diverse country. Given this diversity, it is difficult to generalize the vast folklore of India as a unit. [citation needed] Although India is a Hindu-majority country, with more than three-fourths of ...
Navagunjara. Navagunjara. Navagunjara or Nabagunjara[1] is a magical legendary creature composed of nine different animals in Hinduism. The animal is a common motif in the Pata-Chitra style of painting, of the Eastern Indian state of Odisha. It is considered an astral form of the god Vishnu, or of Krishna, who is considered an avatar of Lord ...
Hindu legendary creatures (5 C, 36 P) Pages in category "Indian legendary creatures" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
A kinnara (Sanskrit: Kiṃnara) is a creature from Hindu and Buddhist mythology. [1] They are described as part human and part bird, and have a strong association with music and love. Believed to come from the Himalayas, they often watch over the well-being of humans in times of trouble or danger.
Waghoba (Marathi: वाघोबा) is an ancient tiger/leopard deity worshipped by a number of tribes in India for centuries. Depending on the region of India, the deity is either described exclusively as a tiger or a leopard as a deity that can take both forms. There are several temples for the deity throughout India.
Yali in Aghoreswara temple, Ikkeri, Shivamogga district, Karnataka state, India. Yali (IAST: Yāḻi), [1] (Tamil: யாழி) also called Vyala, [2] is a Hindu mythological creature, portrayed with the head and the body of a lion, the trunk and the tusks of an elephant, and sometimes bearing equine features. [3]