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 Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 4:41 am
In one legend, one of Ganesha's tusks was broken in a fight with Shiva yet in another version he broke it off to use it as a pen for writing a Hindu scripture. I'm confused! sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 5:25 am
Gohlico In one legend, one of Ganesha's tusks was broken in a fight with Shiva yet in another version he broke it off to use it as a pen for writing a Hindu scripture. I'm confused! sweatdrop Where the hell did you hear the first one? If Ganesha ever fought Shiva, it was before Ganesha got his elephant head.
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 5:35 am
Oh-mi-kaze Gohlico In one legend, one of Ganesha's tusks was broken in a fight with Shiva yet in another version he broke it off to use it as a pen for writing a Hindu scripture. I'm confused! sweatdrop Where the hell did you hear the first one? If Ganesha ever fought Shiva, it was before Ganesha got his elephant head. It was a different fight after Ganesha got his elephant head. I read it in a book. Also, wasn't there a different version where Ganesha's real head was disintigrated by some god named Shani? Now I'm even more confused! gonk
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 1:33 pm
As far as I know, Ganesh never fought Shiva a second time.
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 5:27 pm
Gohlico Oh-mi-kaze Gohlico In one legend, one of Ganesha's tusks was broken in a fight with Shiva yet in another version he broke it off to use it as a pen for writing a Hindu scripture. I'm confused! sweatdrop Where the hell did you hear the first one? If Ganesha ever fought Shiva, it was before Ganesha got his elephant head. It was a different fight after Ganesha got his elephant head. I read it in a book. Also, wasn't there a different version where Ganesha's real head was disintigrated by some god named Shani? Now I'm even more confused! gonk Shani (Saturn) is one of the Navagrahas (nine planets), and, in my opinion, has nothing to do with the story of Ganesha's creation. As far as I know, Shiva got real pumped and unleashed his REAL ULTIMATE POWER all over Ganesha's head, which exploded. Then Uma got all pissed at Shiva, and made him get a hid befitting the kid's stature. Since Uma/Parvati molded him into a chubbly kid, Shiva was all like, "You know, he might not look too weird with an elephant's head." And thus, Joe Merrick was born. Which book did you get your story from? It doesn't sound right...
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Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 6:23 am
Oh-mi-kaze Gohlico Oh-mi-kaze Gohlico In one legend, one of Ganesha's tusks was broken in a fight with Shiva yet in another version he broke it off to use it as a pen for writing a Hindu scripture. I'm confused! sweatdrop Where the hell did you hear the first one? If Ganesha ever fought Shiva, it was before Ganesha got his elephant head. It was a different fight after Ganesha got his elephant head. I read it in a book. Also, wasn't there a different version where Ganesha's real head was disintigrated by some god named Shani? Now I'm even more confused! gonk Shani (Saturn) is one of the Navagrahas (nine planets), and, in my opinion, has nothing to do with the story of Ganesha's creation. As far as I know, Shiva got real pumped and unleashed his REAL ULTIMATE POWER all over Ganesha's head, which exploded. Then Uma got all pissed at Shiva, and made him get a hid befitting the kid's stature. Since Uma/Parvati molded him into a chubbly kid, Shiva was all like, "You know, he might not look too weird with an elephant's head." And thus, Joe Merrick was born. Which book did you get your story from? It doesn't sound right... No Shiva told his men to kill the first animal they saw and the first one they saw was an elephant. And he cut it off cleanly. Also the way Ganesh is portioned has a lot to do with what he stands for.
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Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 4:56 pm
Grim___Reaper No Shiva told his men to kill the first animal they saw and the first one they saw was an elephant. And he cut it off cleanly. Also the way Ganesh is portioned has a lot to do with what he stands for. I thought my Elephant Man allusion would make it clear that I was being facetious.
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 7:11 pm
Oh-mi-kaze Grim___Reaper No Shiva told his men to kill the first animal they saw and the first one they saw was an elephant. And he cut it off cleanly. Also the way Ganesh is portioned has a lot to do with what he stands for. I thought my Elephant Man allusion would make it clear that I was being facetious. That was a link? eek Oops... sweatdrop
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 2:16 pm
I read ages ago that shiva got cross at ganesh and chopped off his head or something then was sorry and went off and took indra's elephant's head (I think they said it was airavata) and the tusk was broken in the struggle he had getting it...
*shrug*
then I read ganesh broke it to use as a pen to write things...
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:12 pm
bluewolfcub I read ages ago that shiva got cross at ganesh and chopped off his head or something then was sorry and went off and took indra's elephant's head (I think they said it was airavata) and the tusk was broken in the struggle he had getting it... *shrug* then I read ganesh broke it to use as a pen to write things... Whaaaaat? If that were the case, Ganesha would have had three tusks instead of one. Airavata is a unique steed in that not only was it white, but it had four tusks as well
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:43 pm
I think all those different tusk stories were from different sources in different regions hence the confusion.
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Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:07 pm
What?! heh I am hearing way to many versions. Last time I heard a story that Shiva and Ganesha were fighting cause Shiva thought Ganesha was someone else or whatsoever so he got rid of his head and Shiva realized what he did so he said to him that whatever head he sees is a head that he will give him so they saw an elephant and gave Ganesha and elephant head (well it didnt mention taking the head of the elephant) but I dont know...
How did Ganesha get his elephant head?
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:25 pm
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Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:27 pm
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