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Parvati

Also called: Uma, Gauri, Aparna, Shailaputri, Bhavani, Haimavati

Daughter of the mountain Himavat and Mena, the rebirth of Sati, who won Shiva as her husband by long austerity after Kama's arrow failed. Mother of Ganesha and Kartikeya, half of Ardhanarishvara, the placid Gauri and, when roused, Kali. In the Bhagavata's poison episode Shiva drinks the halahala only after asking her leave. Her festivals are Teej and Gangaur in the north-west and Thiruvathira in Kerala.

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Sources: Parvati — Wikipedia; Teej — Wikipedia; Srimad-Bhagavatam 8.7 (Bhaktivedanta Vedabase) · see Parvati's web

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Parvati celebrated at

Arudra Darshan / Thiruvathira (Festival) Shaiva · The longest night: Arudra and Thiruvathira
Kerala women's Thiruvathira.
Teej (Festival) Folk · Parvati's festivals of the north-west
Gangaur (Festival) Folk · Parvati's festivals of the north-west

Parvati parent of

Ganesha (God) · The birth of Ganesha
Shapes him from the paste of her body (Shiva Purana) or from her bath (Matsya); one account gives Malini as birth-mother.
Kartikeya (God) · The birth of Kartikeya
Fuses the six infants into one.

Parvati appears in

Kumarasambhava (Text) · Parvati wins Shiva

Parvati blessed

Lingo (God) Tribal · Lingo frees the gods from Mahadeo's cave
Parvati rescues and searches for the Gond gods that Lingo then frees; recorded as the telling's only friendly Puranic figure.

Parvati consort of

Shiva (God) · Parvati wins Shiva
Married at Himavat's home after her austerity; Brahma officiates.

Parvati devotee of

Sankaranarayana (Form) Shaiva · How Vishnu and Shiva became one body
As Gomathi: a ten-day penance to see the two as one.

Parvati emanates from

Mahadevi (God) Shakta · Who made whom: the Devi Bhagavata's frame
As Mahakali, one of the Tridevi born of the Goddess (Book 3).

Parvati has form

Meenakshi (Consort) Shaiva · The girl with three breasts
Madurai's goddess as a form of Parvati.

Parvati rival of

Shiva (God) Shaiva · The dance at Tillai and the contest with Kali
The dance contest, as Kali; temple tradition.

Parvati sibling of

Ganga (God) All traditions · Ganga comes down through Shiva's hair
Ramayana only: both daughters of Himavat.

Parvati source of

Andhaka (Asura) Shaiva · Andhaka, the blind demon who wanted his mother
From the sweat of her hands over Shiva's eyes (Shiva/Matsya Puranas); the Harivamsha makes him Diti's son.

Parvati taught by

Shiva (God) Shaiva · The secret of immortality in the ice cave
The secret of immortality in the cave.

Parvati tested by

Shiva (God) Shaiva · Parvati wins Shiva
As a brahmin who disparages Shiva.

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Bhrigu tests the three gods
Legend · as restrains Shiva · 3 tellings
The boar Shiva sent to earth
Folk tale · as raises the piglet and pleads for it · 1 telling
Shiva the begging farmer of the Gajan
Festival story · as the wife who scolds him, as Harakali or Nilavati · 2 tellings
Shiva takes up the plough
Folk tale · as his wife, who pushes him to earn · 2 tellings
Lingo frees the gods from Mahadeo's cave
Origin · as rescuer who searches for the gods · 2 tellings
The pillar of light
Origin · as penance at Tiruvannamalai (temple variant) · 6 tellings
Bhrigu tests the three gods
Legend · as calms Shiva · 4 tellings
The churning of the ocean of milk
Legend · 3 tellings
Mohini and the demon who burned himself
Folk tale · as with Shiva (as Uma) · 2 tellings
How Vishnu and Shiva became one body
Temple legend · as as Gomathi, the unifier (Tamil Nadu) · 4 tellings
Anasuya tests the three gods
Legend · as sends Shiva · 4 tellings
Krishna's penance for a son
From the epics · as the half of the form that names the child · 1 telling
Who made whom: the Shiva Purana's creation frame
How a tradition frames it · as as Shakti / Ambika beside Shiva · 1 telling
Who made whom: the Bhagavata's creation frame
How a tradition frames it · as among the eleven Rudranis as Uma and Ambika · 1 telling
Who made whom: the Devi Bhagavata's frame
How a tradition frames it · as paired with Shiva on return · 1 telling
All as one: the Smarta Panchayatana
How a tradition frames it · as Shakti, one of the five · 1 telling
How Shiva became half woman
Origin · as the other half · 5 tellings
The silent teacher under the banyan
In stone and bronze · as listener (Nath telling) · 3 tellings
Parvati wins Shiva
Legend · as protagonist · 5 tellings
Kama burnt by the third eye
Legend · as the one to be loved · 4 tellings
The birth of Kartikeya
Origin · as mother who makes six one · 4 tellings
The birth of Ganesha
Origin · as mother · 6 tellings
Shiva drinks the poison
Legend · as gives leave (as Bhavani) · 4 tellings
Andhaka, the blind demon who wanted his mother
Legend · as the mother he desires · 4 tellings
Ravana lifts Kailash
Legend · as frightened consort · 3 tellings
Ravana loses the atmalinga
Temple legend · as the goddess whose worship Lanka would gain · 2 tellings
The dance at Tillai and the contest with Kali
Temple legend · as the rival dancer, as Kali · 3 tellings
The hunter and Arjuna
From the epics · as the huntress (unverified detail) · 1 telling
The earring in Vishnu's well
Temple legend · as the earring in the alternate telling · 1 telling
The antelope's horn at Pashupatinath
Temple legend · as his companion as a deer · 2 tellings
The secret of immortality in the ice cave
Temple legend · as listener · 2 tellings
Shiva under the banyan at Thrissur
Temple legend · as with him · 1 telling
Why the night of Shiva is kept
Festival story · as bride · 6 tellings
The lamp on the hill
Festival story · as the reunited consort · 3 tellings
The longest night: Arudra and Thiruvathira
Festival story · as the goddess honoured by the women · 2 tellings
Parvati's festivals of the north-west
Festival story · as the goddess honoured, as Gauri · 2 tellings
Parvati's penance on the hill of fire
Temple legend · as protagonist · 1 telling
Shiva's own city
Temple legend · as whose earring he seeks (one telling) · 1 telling

Cited

Parvati — Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Teej — Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Srimad-Bhagavatam 8.7 (Bhaktivedanta Vedabase) § 38-41 Primary text (translation)