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Mahishasura

Also called: Mahisha

The buffalo demon whose boon of near-invulnerability, granted by Brahma in most tellings, is undone by the goddess Durga; his story belongs to the Tridevi cycle. Stub entity for the boon-trope story.

Sources: Mahishasura — Wikipedia · see Mahishasura's web

Relations 2

Mahishasura received a boon from

Brahma (God) Folk · Mahishasura's boon: no man shall kill him
Popular tellings only; Wikipedia does not name the grantor. UNVERIFIED.

Mahishasura slain by

Durga (God) Shakta · Mahishasura's boon: no man shall kill him
Devi Mahatmya.

Stories 2

Mahishasura's boon: no man shall kill him
Legend · as the buffalo demon · 3 tellings
The so-called Trimurti cave at Mahabalipuram
In stone and bronze · as beheaded in the Durga panel · 2 tellings

Cited

Mahishasura — Wikipedia Encyclopedia