Surya.
The lord of light, born of Dyaus and Prithwi, marries
Sangna. She tries to leave him because
he is too bright, so he vows to never show his full brightness to her again.
Waruna.
A king asks for a son from Waruna, and promises the sons
life as a sacrifice to him. The son
instead finds a Brahmins son who sings praises of the gods and then Waruna
grants them all a long happy life.
Ushas.
This is the wife of Agni, she drives her chariot and brings
light and good thoughts to all of men.
She loves to wander and to bring her light everywhere.
Indra.
Story of the fight between Indra and Ahi. Ahi is jealous of
Indra and creates a citadel and spells that Indra’s rain will not leave the
clouds. Ahi is no match for Indra and
Indra crushes him and brings back the rain.
Soma.
Creates a great draught of liquid that is loved by all gods
and the children of men. Was taken from
Indra and put on Earth but he grew evil and caused men to do mad things and
tried to take someones wife.
Brahma.
In this story Brahma is trying to make a sacrifice but can’t
without his wife. SO he sends Indra to get him another wife causing his first
wifes anger and curses.
Wishnu.
Wishnu marries Laxmi after she brought forth the gods
physician from the milky sea to save the gods from the Asuras. Wishnu was seen as the greatest because he
was the best to greet the son of Brahma when he came to decide which god was
the greatest.
Siwa.
The god of light, one of the three creators and destroyers.
However this is more about Uma, his wife.
She died once, then went through challenges to marry him again, then she
gained the name of Durga after defeating the Asura named Durg.
Ganesh.
Sprang from Siwa as the god of wisdom. However as a babe his head was sliced off so
Siwa replaced it with an elephant’s head an he had an elephants head the rest
of his life.
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