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The effulgent beauty and sharp intelligence of Saraswati enamoured Her father Brahma so much that He was determined to make His own daughter His consort. But Brahma's incestuous infatuation to His daughter miffed Saraswati so much that She became desperate to avert Her father's lustful gaze.
In this canto of the Shrimad Bhagavatam Yajña Who is identified as Hari married His uterine sister Dakṣiṇā Who's identified as the partial avatāra of Lakshmi.
Shatarupa (Sanskrit: शतरूपा, romanized: Śatarūpā, lit. 'she of a hundred forms') is the daughter of the creator deity, Brahma. According to Brahma Purana, Shatarupa is regarded as the first woman to be created by Brahma, marrying Manu, the first man. Their descendants are called manushya, the Sanskrit term for mankind.
The Tamil manuscripts of the Sanskrit scripture Skanda Purana mentions Devasena and Valli as the incarnations of the daughters of Vishnu, Amritavalli and Sundaravalli, respectively.
Ashokasundari (Sanskrit: अशोकसुन्दरी, Aśokasundarī) is a Hindu goddess and daughter of the deities Shiva and Parvati. She is referenced in the Padma Purana, which narrates her story. The goddess is mostly venerated in South India in the form of Bala Tripurasundari.
In early manhood Oedipus visited Delphi and upon learning that he was fated to kill his father and marry his mother, he resolved never to return to Corinth.
He is called Kumara (Sankskrit: “Youth,” “Boy”) because he is generally considered to have never married. He has enormous strength and leads the army of the gods.
She was the daughter of King Dhrishtaketu and his wife Shrutakirti, the sister of Kunti and the sister (or cousin) of Vasudeva (Krishna's father) and thus Krishna's cousin. Bhadra's five brothers headed by the eldest prince Santardana married Bhadra to Krishna.
It is said that Krishna, the fertility god of the cowherds and a favorite of the shepherdesses in Hindu mythology, had as many as 32,000 lovers. India's Mogul emperors and maharajahs had harems of nubile maidens numbering in the hundreds.
The story of Mughal ruler Shah Jahan's marriage to his own daughter Jahanara is undoubtedly one of the most disturbing tales in the history of India.
Ganesha and his two wives, Siddhi and Buddhi, surrounded by six attendants and his rats.
Answers (2) Yes you can marry your niece under the Hindu Merriage Act, 1955 if the customs and traditions permit you to do so.
Thus, in this example from Hindu mythology, in two generations of the same family - Arjuna and Subhadra, Abhimanyu and Sasirekha - all married their first cousins.
Vishnu was married to Lakshmi (the goddess of good fortune), Sarawati (the goddess of wisdom) and Ganga (the goddess who is the personification of the River Ganges). However, unable to live with the quarrels between his three wives, Vishnu eventually sent Ganga to Shiva and Sarawati to Brahma.
Besides eight principal queens (Ashtabharya), the Hindu god Krishna, an avatar of the god Vishnu and the king of Dvaraka, wedded a number of captured women, whose number is mentioned as 16,000 or 16,108 in different scriptures.
Shiva and Parvati are known as the first love marriage couple in the universe as per Hindu mythology. In Hindu mythology, the god of love and desire, Kamadeva, is often associated with Gandharva marriage.
Kamadeva or Manmatha is Hindu God of Love. He is also the God of Desires and pleasures. By worshiping Kamadeva, any individual gets a beautiful, compassionate and devoted life partner.
Indrani (Sanskrit: इन्द्राणी, IAST: Indrāṇī), also known as Shachi (Sanskrit: शची, IAST: Śacī), is the queen of the devas in Hinduism. Described as tantalisingly beautiful, proud and kind, she is the daughter of the asura Puloman and the consort of the king of the devas, Indra.
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The Greek god Zeus married his sister: the goddess Hera. So did the Egyptians' Osiris, marrying his sister Isis. The Inca god-king Manco Capac married his sister too.
Sati married Shiva against her father's wishes. When her father failed to invite her husband to a great sacrifice, Sati died of mortification and was later reborn as the goddess Parvati.
Apart from others famous sons of Laksmi jee are Kardam , Prajabhoot and Chikleet. Meanwhile as per Agam and Scriptures Kaamdev is also son of Lakshmi and Vishnu. They have also adopted Prahalaad and Dhruva as there sons too.
Ardhanareeshvara is a combination of three words “Ardha,” “Nari,” and “Ishwara” means “half,” “woman,” and “lord,” respectively, which when combined means the lord whose half is a woman. It is believed that the God is Lord Shiva and the woman part is his consort Goddess Parvati or Shakti.