Kali


 * __ What Kali Is [[image:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6GzHtTwgqHo/TUjDCLOo5ZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/huB1x0eJilQ/s1600/hindu-gods-kali.jpg width="185" height="264" align="right" caption="Hindu demon Kali."]] __ **

=== Kali is a demon. People refer to her as a goddess, but she’s not she is a demon. She is mean and not nice at all. She is the demon (goddess) of Destruction and Dissolution. Kali is the most well know and worshiped Hindu goddess/demons. The name Kali means “time” and “black”. She hurts her children if they do something wrong or disobey her. She sets them on fire and watches them suffer. ===


 * __ Kali's Symbols __ **

=== Kali’s symbol is the Yantra. It means eternal energy. She uses it to fight against other gods and goddess’. When she uses it to fight, it makes her strong and willing to fight harder. A yantra is held to have spiritual, astrological, or magical benefits. ===


 * __ Kali’s Clothes __ **

=== Kali doesn’t really wear clothes. She wears a skirt made out of arms and doesn’t wear a shirt. Around her neck is a garland made out of heads or skulls. She has 4 arms and each of them hold something. Kali doesn’t wear shoes, she just has ankle bracelets and nothing else. That is what Kali wears. ===

__Kali and Durga__

===In Kali’s myth it tells how Kali helps Durga defeat the demon. Kali isn’t a very helpful person when it comes to being nice to someone or helping someone Kali and Durga have a very good relationship. They help eachother when they are at war with either god, goddess, or even a demon. ===

__Facts on Kalimedia type="youtube" key="DlDoNkIb3Kw" height="370" width="455" align="right"__


 * ===Kali’s husband is Shiva ===
 * ===She is the Demon of Destruction ===
 * ===Kali burns her children in flames and watches them burn to their deapth ===
 * ===Kali has four arms, she uses them to kill ===
 * ===She sometimes is also known as Bhavatarini “ redeemer of the universe “ ===
 * ===Kali wears a necklace of 50 human heads ===
 * ===She destroys everything in her path and then dances maniacally upon the dead ===
 * ===Kali is associated with the concept of the dark or blackness and portrayed with bluish skin tone ===
 * ===Kali has four arms ===
 * ===Kali’s two right hands are always ready to bestow the blessings ===
 * ===Brandishing a sword and a human head in her two lef[[image:http://grd-iyers.web.officelive.com/images/kali-01.jpg width="250" height="324" align="left" caption="Kali never shows weakness."]]t hands Kali doesn’t shelter her children ===
 * ===She throws them into the fire and lets all illusion, enculturation, and attachments burn to a crisp ===
 * ===When that happens they emerge from the fiery, bloodstained pit ===
 * ===She is sometimes also known as the consort or Lord Shiva, who is standing on the body ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif';">Kali’s name comes from Kala, which means black, time, death, lord of death, and Shiva ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif';">Kali is considered goddess of time and change ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif';">She sometimes is presented as dark and very violent ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif';">Kali also has a skirt made out of arms ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif';">She holds a demon head in one of her left hands ===

__Kali’s Mythology__

===<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif';">Kali sprang from the furrowed brow of Durga when the latter could not defeat the demon Raktabija. Everytime Durga struck at the demon, drops of blood would fall to the ground and form another demon. Durga was getting frustrated, but Kali took care of it. She stuck out her tongue and caught all the drops of blood, then ate the demon right umedia type="youtube" key="oPB0VcX8CRY" height="305" width="426" align="left"p. ===

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