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| script = வள்ளி | | script = வள்ளி | ||
| affiliation = [[Devi]], sometimes [[Kaumari]] | | affiliation = [[Devi]], sometimes [[Kaumari]] | ||
|god_of = Goddess of | |god_of = Goddess of Aspiration and Will | ||
| abode = Skandaloka | | abode = Skandaloka | ||
| consort = [[Karthikeya]] | | consort = [[Karthikeya]] | ||
| parents = | | parents = Nambiarasan | ||
| mount = [[Deer]] | | mount = [[Deer]] [[Cat]] when identified as Sasthi | ||
}}'''Vaḷḷi''' ({{lang-ta|வள்ளி}}) ("Creeper, Sweet Potato Plant")<ref>Dictionary definition is: வள்ளி (vaḷḷi), s. a plant, [[convolvulus|convolvulus batatas]]; 2. a winding plant, [[djioscorea|dioscorea sativa]], படர்கொடி; 3. a ratan-shield, பிரப்பங் கேடகம்; 4. a jewel, ஆபரணம்; 5. a bracelet, கைவளை; 6. a kind of play, a dance, ஓர் கூத்து; 7. a consort of [[Murugan|Subramanya]]. Fabricius, Johann Philipp. ''J. P. Fabricius's Tamil and English dictionary''. 4th ed., rev.and enl. Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House, [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/fabricius/ p,855, online (1972) edition]</ref> is a [[devi|Hindu goddess]] and the second consort of the god [[Kartikeya]]. Valli is a tribal head girl, who leads a life as a huntress. Murugan the war god belongs to the mountain regions also known as [[Sangam landscape|Kurunji]] the same place to which Valli belongs. | }}'''Vaḷḷi''' ({{lang-ta|வள்ளி}}) ("Creeper, Sweet Potato Plant")<ref>Dictionary definition is: வள்ளி (vaḷḷi), s. a plant, [[convolvulus|convolvulus batatas]]; 2. a winding plant, [[djioscorea|dioscorea sativa]], படர்கொடி; 3. a ratan-shield, பிரப்பங் கேடகம்; 4. a jewel, ஆபரணம்; 5. a bracelet, கைவளை; 6. a kind of play, a dance, ஓர் கூத்து; 7. a consort of [[Murugan|Subramanya]]. Fabricius, Johann Philipp. ''J. P. Fabricius's Tamil and English dictionary''. 4th ed., rev.and enl. Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House, [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/fabricius/ p,855, online (1972) edition]</ref> is a [[devi|Hindu goddess]] and the second consort of the god [[Kartikeya]]. Valli is a tribal head girl, who leads a life as a huntress. Murugan the war god belongs to the mountain regions also known as [[Sangam landscape|Kurunji]] the same place to which Valli belongs. | ||
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==Birth== | ==Birth== | ||
In ancient times, the mountainous regions in South India were ruled by various tribes. The chief of the Kuravar tribe, Nambi Rajan | In ancient times, the mountainous regions in South India were ruled by various tribes. The chief of the Kuravar tribe, Nambi Rajan and his wife prayed to the mountain god Murugan for a girl-child. Their prayers were answered, resulting in the birth of a girl named Valli. She grew up as the princess of the [[mountain tribe]]. Some myths state that Valli was born from a doe when a sage laid eyes on it during a momentary lapse in his meditation. | ||
According to Sri Lankan mythology, the events occurred among the [[Veddah]] people near [[Kataragama]], Sri Lanka. However, South Indian [[Puranas]] state that Kataragama was the place where Murugan stationed his army during his war with Surapadman. | According to Sri Lankan mythology, the events occurred among the [[Veddah]] people near [[Kataragama]], Sri Lanka. However, South Indian [[Puranas]] state that Kataragama was the place where Murugan stationed his army during his war with Surapadman. | ||