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Chthonia Episode 38

Varahi

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  • Brigid Burke
 |  4 Oct 2020
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This week we talk about the Matrika Varahi, the Shakti of Varaha, the boar-headed avatar of Vishnu, and a ratridevata (night goddess) associated with left-hand Tantric practices. She is sometimes called Yami, and considered to be the consort of Yama, the god of death. We look at the complexity of her symbolism, with a boar head (a polluted animal) riding on a buffalo (symbol of Yama), and fighting with a discus (chakra/wheel of time and death).

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Chthonia is a podcast exploring the world of the Dark Feminine in myth, religion, folklore, and magic.

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