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Encyclopedia Britannica



KARTIKEYA

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 683 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: JUN-KHA
KARTIKEYA , in Hindu mythology, the god of war. Of his
birth
  there are various legends. One relates that he had no
mother
  but was produced by
Siva
  alone, and was suckled by six
nymphs
  of the Ganges, being miraculously endowed with six faces that he might simultaneously obtain nourishment from each. Another story is that six babes, miraculously conceived, were born of the six
nymphs
 , and that Parvati, the wife of
Siva
 , in her
great
  affection for them, embraced the infants so closely that they became one, but preserved six faces, twelve arms, feet, eyes, &c. Kartikeya became the
victor
  of giants and the
leader
  of the armies of the gods. He is represented as riding a
peacock
 . In southern India he is known as Subramanya.


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