Re: Kali

[newman@frith.egr.msu.edu (Timothy S Newman)]

In article <7602@ditmela.oz> Love-Hounds@GAFFA.MIT.EDU writes:
>Really-From: munnari!ditmela.oz.au!Brian.May@uunet.UU.NET (Brian May)
>
>
>Just a small note on Kali:
>
>Kali is the seventh incarnation of THE god Vishnu, in the Hindu religion.  This 
>incarnation signifies the "end of the world as we know it" when Kali gets on his 
>white horse for a bit of a canter.  If you want to know more & read a good book at 
>the same time, pick up Gore Vidal's 'Kalki'.
>
Do you mean the tenth incarnation, Kalki?  Kali is a goddess
who is an incarnation of Durga.  Kali is one of the wives of
Shiva.

This comes via Tim Newman but from Sushil, Eastern Indian Expert
on Theology.