Asura · Folk · South India
Mahishi
The buffalo-demoness of the Sabarimala tradition, born of a curse on the celestials Datta and Leela, who won from Brahma the boon that only a child of Vishnu and Shiva could kill her. Ayyappa meets her and hurls her back to earth.
Sources: Sabarimala: Mythology — Kerala Tourism (Government of Kerala); Ayyappan — Wikipedia · see Mahishi's web