Sati

Daksha's daughter and Shiva's first wife, who went uninvited to her father's sacrifice, was insulted, and gave up her body there; her death is the charter of the Shakti Peethas and she was reborn as Parvati. Told in the Vayu, Shiva, Bhagavata, Linga, Kurma, Skanda, Harivamsha, Devi Bhagavata and Kalika Puranas.