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THE HINDOO MYTHOLOGY. 147
of calming tier passions, for she was mad with joy; he pro-
mised, however, to do all that could be expected from a
god in so desperate a case; but, pausing for some time,
and seeing no other alternative, he, in the presence of the
assembled gods, threw himself among the dead bodies under
her feet. Briimha called to the goddess, and said,' O god-
dess ! what art thou doing ? Dost thou not see that thou art
trampling on thy husband?' She stooped, and saw Shivu
under her feet; and was so ashamed, that she stood still,
and threw out her tongue to an uncommon length h. By
this means Shivti saved the universe; and Seeta, again
assuming her proper form, went home with Ramu and his
brothers.
In the images commonly worshipped, Kalee is repre-
sented as a very black female, with four arms; having in
one hand a scymitar, and in another the head of a giant,
which she holds by the hair; another hand is spread open
bestowing a blessing; and with the other she is forbidding
fear. She wears two dead bodies for ear-rings, and a neck-
lace of skulls; and her tongue hangs down to her chin. The
hands of several giants are hung as a girdle round her
loins, and her tresses fall down to her heels. Having
drank the blood of the giants she has slain in combat, her
eye-brows are bloody, and the blood is falling in a stream
down her breast; her eyes are red like those of a drunkard.
She stands with one leg on the breast of her husband
Shivu, and rests the other on his thigh'.
h When the Hindoo women are shocked or ashamed at any tiling, they
put out their tongues, as a mode of expressing their feelings.
'The image of Minerva, it will be recollected, was that of a threaten-
ing goddess, exciting terror: on her shield she bore the head of a gor-
gen. Sir W. Jones considers Kalee as the Proserpine of the Greeks.
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of calming tier passions, for she was mad with joy; he pro-
mised, however, to do all that could be expected from a
god in so desperate a case; but, pausing for some time,
and seeing no other alternative, he, in the presence of the
assembled gods, threw himself among the dead bodies under
her feet. Briimha called to the goddess, and said,' O god-
dess ! what art thou doing ? Dost thou not see that thou art
trampling on thy husband?' She stooped, and saw Shivu
under her feet; and was so ashamed, that she stood still,
and threw out her tongue to an uncommon length h. By
this means Shivti saved the universe; and Seeta, again
assuming her proper form, went home with Ramu and his
brothers.
In the images commonly worshipped, Kalee is repre-
sented as a very black female, with four arms; having in
one hand a scymitar, and in another the head of a giant,
which she holds by the hair; another hand is spread open
bestowing a blessing; and with the other she is forbidding
fear. She wears two dead bodies for ear-rings, and a neck-
lace of skulls; and her tongue hangs down to her chin. The
hands of several giants are hung as a girdle round her
loins, and her tresses fall down to her heels. Having
drank the blood of the giants she has slain in combat, her
eye-brows are bloody, and the blood is falling in a stream
down her breast; her eyes are red like those of a drunkard.
She stands with one leg on the breast of her husband
Shivu, and rests the other on his thigh'.
h When the Hindoo women are shocked or ashamed at any tiling, they
put out their tongues, as a mode of expressing their feelings.
'The image of Minerva, it will be recollected, was that of a threaten-
ing goddess, exciting terror: on her shield she bore the head of a gor-
gen. Sir W. Jones considers Kalee as the Proserpine of the Greeks.
u 2