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Visual depiction of Ganga

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Vol. II · Polytheism · earth

Ganga

Hindu sacred river goddess


a luminous woman descending from the heavens in a cascade of white water, Shiva's hair breaking her fall to protect the earth

Organization
Mixed Bronze/Iron-Age pantheons
Time period
varies
Location
varies
Archetype
earth

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 4) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.