The_Resurrectionist_The_Lost_Work_of_Dr

THERE ARE MANY INTERESTING LEGENDS SURROUNDING THE ORIGIN OF THE
GANESHA. IN ONE STORY, THE GODDESSPARVATI CREATED A BOY FROM DUST TO
GUARD HER WHILE SHE WAS BATHING. HER HUSBAND, SHIVA, CAME ALONG AND
FOUND A STRANGER WAITING OUTSIDE HIS WIFE ’S QUARTERS; HE ATTACKED THE
BOY, DECAPITATING HIM. UPON LEARNING THE CHILD WAS IN FACTPARVATI’S
SON, SHIVA RESTORED THE BOY, USING THE HEAD OF AN ELEPHANT, AND MADE HIM
A LEADER.
The Ganesha was a drastic evolutionary juxtaposition of the natural
physical form; man and elephant. Though Ganesha’s origin is mere legend
—it did not arise from the dust—truth is always hidden in the past.
—SPENCER BLACK