KARTIKEYA  , in See also:

• HINDU

Hindu See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the See also:

• GOD

god of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war . Of his See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth there are various legends . One relates that he had no See also:

• MOTHER

mother but was produced by See also:

• SIVA

Siva alone, and was suckled by six See also:

• NYMPHS

nymphs of the See also:

• GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges, being miraculously endowed with six faces that he might simultaneously obtain nourishment from each . Another See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story is that six babes, miraculously conceived, were See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of the six nymphs, and that Parvati, the wife of Siva, in her See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection for them, embraced the infants so closely that they became one, but preserved six faces, twelve arms, feet, eyes, &c . Kartikeya became the See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

victor of giants and the See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the armies of the gods . He is represented as See also:

• RIDING

riding a See also:

• PEACOCK (Lat. Pavo, O. Eng. Pawe, Du. pauuw, Ger. Pfau, Fr. Paon)
• PEACOCK, GEORGE (1791–1858)
• PEACOCK, SIR BARNES (1810-189o)
• PEACOCK, THOMAS LOVE (1785-1866)

peacock . In See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India he is known as Subramanya .