"It was as though his body
had been suddenly transformed into one of those many-limbed and many-headed effigies sculptured
in Indian temples, and he contemplated the aggregation in a bewildered attempt to discern which
was the original and which the additions—if indeed (supremely monstrous thought) there
were any original as distinguished from other embodiments."
H.P. Lovecraft & E. Hoffman Price, Through the Gates Of the Silver Key
"Out of the surface of her (Durga's) forehead, fierce
with frown, issued suddenly Kali of terrible countenance, armed with a
sword and noose. Bearing the strange khatvanga,
decorated with a garland of skulls, clad in a tiger's skin, very
appalling owing to her emaciated flesh, with gaping mouth, fearful with
her tongue lolling out, having deep reddish eyes, filling the regions of
the sky with her roars, falling upon impetuously and slaughtering the
great asuras in that army, she devoured those hordes of the foes of the
devas."
Devi Mahatmyam
"Although there are depictions of Kali as a maternal
goddess, she is usually depicted as an old woman, made emaciated and
bony by the constant bearing and feeding of life. She has an insatiable
hunger for life and devours everything in her way. She often has tusks
or puts out her tongue which is dripping with the blood of her victims."
Eva
Jansen, The Book Of Hindu Imagery: Gods, Manifestaions and Their Meanings
"Kali is another form of the goddess that is often
seen in temples and pictures. She is usually pictured as nude except for
being covered by her scattered hair. She has a dark complexion. She
wears and apron of human hands and a garland of human skulls, and
sometimes carries a human head in one hand, freshly severed and dripping
with blood, and a long chopper in the other hand. The other two hands
are giving blessings and offering protection. Her tongue is protruding,
dripping with blood."
Stephen Knapp, Avatars, Gods and Goddesses Of Vedic Culture
What get to me is all these younger people referring to themselves as "Thug" (Plural is "Thuggie" not "Thugs)... a "Thug" was the ruthless murdering followers of this Goddess...
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