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List of Gods : "Mariyamman" - 3 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
Goddess name "Mari Mai (mother death)"	Hindu	Plague goddess. The sister of SITALA, åśśociated with cholera. Her Tamil counterpart is MARIYAMMAN....
Goddess name "Mariyamman"	Dravidian	Plague goddess with a bizarre form of penance Dravidian / Tamil
Goddess name "Mariyamman (mother of smallpox)"	Dravidian / Tamil / southern India	Plague goddess. A terrible goddess, one of the NAVASAKTIS and linked with the goddess KALI. She is honored in a ritual during which victims (in penance) are suspended from a rope and an iron hook through the flesh of the back and whirled around a pole. Also Mariyattal....

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