Do you know this god?
Do you know this goddess? SHe is currently gracing my “shelf o’ deities”, but I’m not sure who she is. Can any of my fellow travelers on the lazyweb shed some light on herhis identity?
In case you’re using a text browser or WordPress is munging my image urls, here’s a textual description. SHe has four arms (one of them appears to be wrapped around a snake), and is standing in a dancing pose. SHe’s wearing a headdress that consists of wavy things emanating from the back of her head, and she’s surrounded by a ring that has small fires on it. I’d originally thought that she had four eyes, but it appears that she just has highly pronounced eyebrows.
I got her at the Black Market Boutique in Halifax. Along with a silver Ganesh.
Update: The god is Nataraja. Thanks to lept, MF, and mac (sorta) for helping me out of my ignorance. I’ve fixed up the gender in the original article. No sense in pissing off gods unnecessarily…
No goddess – that’s Shiva (male but in the past half half) in what is called the Natraj.
Check this out
– http://www.asianartmall.com/natrajarticle.htm