Tamil Mythology

• A

  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 →

• B

  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 →

• C

  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 →

• D

  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 →

• E

  Ellai Amman as boundary goddess →

• F

  Feeding the hungry →
• The final battle →
• Fragmented wisdom verses →
• From violence to wisdom →

• G

  The goddess Manimekala saving her →
• The goldsmith's false accusation →
• Guardian spirits punishing oath-breakers →

• H

  Her grief and shock →
• Her marriage to the thief →
• The husband planning to kill her →

• I

  Isakki Amman and justice for wronged women →

• J

  Jain ethical themes →
• The journey to Madurai →

• K

  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 →

• L

  The land dispute →
• The lost epic tradition →
• The lost story of Valayapathi →
• Lost Tamil epics and memory →

• M

  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 →

• N

  Naga and ancestral worship →
• Naga Panchami stories →
• Naga stones under sacred trees →
• Nondi Karuppan →
• The northern expedition for sacred stone →

• P

  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 →

• Q

  The queen's death →

• R

  Reconstructing Valayapathi cautiously →
• Religious debates →
• Renunciation and worldly attachment →

• S

  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 →

• T

  The terracotta horse offerings →
• Their deification as Annanmar Swamy →

• V

  Vandi Malaiyan and Vandi Malaiyachi →
• Veeran Irulan →
• Village spirits appearing in dreams →

• W

  Why Valayapathi matters despite being lost →

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