Shiva

It’s Monster Monday, and today’s scary creature is the kirtimukha, which is Hinduism’s predecessor to the Sumerian ourobouros. The kirtimukha raises the question of what are good, evil and monsters in Hinduism. Where did the kirtimukha originate? While its name literally translates into “Face of Glory,” the kirtimukha didn’t start out as just a face. […]