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Visual depiction of Mariamma

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Vol. II · Polytheism · love

Mariamma

South Indian goddess of rain and healing


a fierce red-faced deity who brings both monsoon rain and smallpox, her devotees dancing in her honor at harvest

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

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.