Deity South Asian traditions
Ganesha
गणेशः sa गणेश hi விநாயகர் ta
God of good luck, prosperity and well being in Hinduism; First worshipped God; Son of Shiva and Parvati
- Child of Parvati and Shiva
- Consort of consorts of Ganesha, Sidhi, Ridhi
A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Family
The family of Ganesha
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 7
Kinship in an account 7
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
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child of (child) Parvati Hindu goddess of fertility, motherly love and devotion -
child of (child) Shiva one of the principal deities of Hinduism, the Supreme Being in Shaivism and transformer within the Trimurti -
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parent of (father) Santoṣī Mātā Hindu goddess - partner of (spouse) consorts of Ganesha
- partner of (spouse) Ridhi Wife of Lord Ganesha
- partner of (spouse) Sidhi Wife of Lord Ganesha
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sibling of Kartikeya Hindu deity, god of war, son of Shiva and Parvati
Connections
How Ganesha connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 1
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply that no other tradition uses the site · use in every period
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Identification 1
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
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Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
6 statements on this record
- 2 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 4 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
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Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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