Parvati
c. 200 CE – 2026 CEattested
the Himalaya
- Hindu
Daughter of the mountain, who won an ascetic husband by out-ascetic-ing him. She is the domestic half of a pair whose other half is a cremation-ground yogi, and the marriage is the point.
Known for
- winning Shiva through austerity
- the householder against the ascetic
- mother of Ganesha
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.