Kālī
c. 400 CE – 2026 CEattested
Indian subcontinent
- Hindu
Dark goddess of time and destruction who sprang from Durga's forehead to fight demons and could not stop killing until Shiva lay down under her feet. The garland of severed heads is hers.
Known for
- time as destruction
- the garland of heads
- Shiva underfoot
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.