Tamil Mythology
225 stories
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The anklet taken for sale - Annanmar and cattle protection
- Annanmar and Kongu Nadu identity
- Annanmar as clan guardians
- Annanmar festival retellings
- Annanmar temple worship
- Anthill worship traditions
- Aravan sacrifice
- Ayyanar accepting simple village offerings
- Ayyanar and Karuppasamy as guardian companions
- Ayyanar and the boundary stone
- Ayyanar and the forest spirits
- Ayyanar and the protection of cattle
- Ayyanar and the village oath
- Ayyanar as Sastha / Hariharaputra
- Ayyanar as the guardian of village borders
- Ayyanar protecting women and children
- Ayyanar punishing thieves
- Ayyanar riding the white horse at night
- Ayyanar temple at the edge of the village
- Ayyanar's night patrol with attendants
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The betrayal by rivals - Birth of Civakan
- Birth of Kathavarayan
- Birth of Madurai Veeran
- Boundary stones and guardian spirits
- The brothers and their sister
- The brothers' death
- The brothers' royal ancestry
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Cheran Senguttuvan hearing her story - Civakan and his many marriages
- Civakan and sensual life
- Civakan as ideal hero
- Civakan attaining spiritual release
- Civakan defeating enemies
- Civakan raised in secrecy
- Civakan recovering the kingdom
- Civakan's beauty and skill
- Civakan's first victory
- Civakan's generosity
- Civakan's martial excellence
- Civakan's moral turning point
- Civakan's renunciation
- Civakan's royal identity revealed
- Compassion as liberation
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The dangers of blind passion - The death of Udayakumaran
- Debates with other schools of thought
- Domestic virtue
- Draupadi Amman and rain blessings
- Draupadi Amman temple festival
- Draupadi and the final war memory
- Draupadi and the fire-walking festival
- Draupadi and the Mahabharata street play
- Draupadi and village justice
- Draupadi as goddess of chastity
- Draupadi as village goddess
- Draupadi protecting devotees
- Draupadi's anger against injustice
- Draupadi's fire birth
- Draupadi's marriage to the Pandavas
- Draupadi's vow after humiliation
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Ellai Amman as boundary goddess -
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Feeding the hungry - The final battle
- Fragmented wisdom verses
- From violence to wisdom
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The goddess Manimekala saving her - The goldsmith's false accusation
- Guardian spirits punishing oath-breakers
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Her grief and shock - Her marriage to the thief
- The husband planning to kill her
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Isakki Amman and justice for wronged women -
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Jain ethical themes - The journey to Madurai
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Kannagi and Kovalan's marriage - Kannagi becoming divine
- Kannagi burning Madurai
- Kannagi forgiving Kovalan
- Kannagi proving his innocence
- Karuppasamy and ancestral justice
- Karuppasamy and night justice
- Karuppasamy and the possessed oracle
- Karuppasamy and the sacred sickle
- Karuppasamy and the stolen cattle
- Karuppasamy and the village festival
- Karuppasamy as attendant of Ayyanar
- Karuppasamy as guardian of women
- Karuppasamy as the fierce village protector
- Karuppasamy guarding the temple gate
- Karuppasamy protecting crops
- Karuppasamy punishing false oaths
- Karuppasamy receiving non-Brahminical offerings
- Karuppasamy settling village disputes
- Kateri spirit legends
- Kathavarayan and Aryamala
- Kathavarayan and disguise episodes
- Kathavarayan and his divine origin
- Kathavarayan and social justice retellings
- Kathavarayan and village drama traditions
- Kathavarayan as rebel lover
- Kathavarayan as trickster hero
- Kathavarayan becoming a folk deity
- Kathavarayan challenging caste boundaries
- Kathavarayan festival songs
- Kathavarayan raised in the forest
- Kathavarayan's capture
- Kathavarayan's mother goddess connection
- Kathavarayan's punishment
- Katteri Amman and fierce protection
- Koothandavar and Draupadi tradition
- Kovalan losing his wealth
- Kovalan's love for Madhavi
- Kovalan's unjust execution
- Kundalakesi and Buddhist teaching
- Kundalakesi becoming a wandering seeker
- Kundalakesi falling in love with a condemned thief
- Kundalakesi outwitting him
- Kundalakesi pushing him from the hill
- Kundalakesi's birth
- Kundalakesi's renunciation
- Kundalakesi's search for truth
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The land dispute - The lost epic tradition
- The lost story of Valayapathi
- Lost Tamil epics and memory
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Madhavi's dance debut - Madhavi's renunciation
- Madurai Veeran and Bommi
- Madurai Veeran and caste conflict
- Madurai Veeran and temple worship
- Madurai Veeran and Vellaiyammal
- Madurai Veeran as a brave warrior
- Madurai Veeran as protector of the oppressed
- Madurai Veeran becoming a guardian deity
- Madurai Veeran entering Madurai
- Madurai Veeran fighting bandits
- Madurai Veeran raised by commoners
- Madurai Veeran serving the Pandya king
- Madurai Veeran's betrayal
- Madurai Veeran's execution
- Madurai Veeran's posthumous miracles
- The magic food bowl
- Manimekalai choosing renunciation
- Manimekalai learning Buddhist philosophy
- Manimekalai travelling to Manipallavam
- Manimekalai's birth
- Manimekalai's birth background
- Manimekalai's trial
- Mariamman and fire-walking vows
- Mariamman and rain after drought
- Mariamman and the curing of smallpox
- Mariamman and the neem tree shrine
- Mariamman and the sacred pot procession
- Mariamman and the village tank
- Mariamman and the woman devotee
- Mariamman appearing in a dream
- Mariamman as mother of the poor
- Mariamman cooling ritual with neem leaves
- Mariamman festival and collective healing
- Mariamman protecting the village from fever
- Mariamman punishing arrogance
- Mariamman restoring fertility
- Mariamman's anger and epidemic
- Marriage and social duty
- Merchant-family conflict
- The moral fall of unjust kings
- Muneeswaran guarding village paths
- Muniyandi and ancestral protection
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Naga and ancestral worship - Naga Panchami stories
- Naga stones under sacred trees
- Nondi Karuppan
- The northern expedition for sacred stone
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The Pandya king dying of shame - Past-life revelations
- The Pattini consecration
- Pechi Amman and childbirth
- Ponnar and Sankar as warrior protectors
- Ponnar and Sankar birth story
- The potter who made horses for Ayyanar
- Prince Udayakumaran's desire
- The prison turned into a charity house
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The queen's death -
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Reconstructing Valayapathi cautiously - Religious debates
- Renunciation and worldly attachment
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Sacred groves and spirit worship - Sangili Karuppan
- Sangili Karuppan and the chain
- The seat of Dharma
- Serpent and goddess worship
- Serpent guardian of water bodies
- Serpent protecting treasure
- Serpent revenge legends
- The sister's grief
- Snake appearing in dreams
- Snake as guardian of family lineage
- Snake curse for harming anthills
- Snake deity and fertility blessing
- Snake deity forgiving after ritual
- Snake marriage vows
- Snake protecting children
- Sudalai Madan and ancestral spirits
- Sudalai Madan and graveyard justice
- Sudalai Madan and night worship
- Sudalai Madan and oath-taking
- Sudalai Madan and Parvati
- Sudalai Madan and the possessed oracle
- Sudalai Madan as lord of the cremation ground
- Sudalai Madan as protector of the marginalised
- Sudalai Madan eating evil forces
- Sudalai Madan guarding village limits
- Sudalai Madan protecting the village from spirits
- Sudalai Madan punishing betrayal
- Sudalai Madan sent to earth
- Sudalai Madan's birth from Shiva
- Sudalai Madan's fierce festival
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The terracotta horse offerings - Their deification as Annanmar Swamy
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Vandi Malaiyan and Vandi Malaiyachi - Veeran Irulan
- Village spirits appearing in dreams
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Why Valayapathi matters despite being lost
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