11-26-2017, 12:01 AM
Pixie Dust wrote:
As a God, how does Shiva not realize he has a son?! Why didn't he be patient and ask for clarification, instead of just ASSUMING Ganesh needed to die. It's highly irresponsible of Shiva to be so reckless and hostile for no real reason.
I don't know. In fact, Ganesha predates that story. It's all about incorporating a popular tribal deity into the larger Hindu pantheon, probably.
But even so I don't think Shiva was reckless and hostile for no real reason. The poor thing was like a supercomputer running only one line of code: "guard this door, guard this door, guard this door, guard this door, guard this door" and Shiva set him free.
As a God, how does Shiva not realize he has a son?! Why didn't he be patient and ask for clarification, instead of just ASSUMING Ganesh needed to die. It's highly irresponsible of Shiva to be so reckless and hostile for no real reason.
I don't know. In fact, Ganesha predates that story. It's all about incorporating a popular tribal deity into the larger Hindu pantheon, probably.
But even so I don't think Shiva was reckless and hostile for no real reason. The poor thing was like a supercomputer running only one line of code: "guard this door, guard this door, guard this door, guard this door, guard this door" and Shiva set him free.