Parvati

==Related goddesses==
[[Tara (Buddhism)|Tara]] found in some sects of Buddhism, particularly Tibetan and Nepalese, is related to Parvati.<ref>David Leeming (2005), The Oxford Companion to World Mythology, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|978-0195156690}}, pp 374–375</ref><ref>Monier Williams, {{Google books|nJYuAAAAYAAJ|Buddhism: In Its Connection with Brāhmanism and Hindūism|page=216}}, pp 200–219</ref> Tara too appears in many manifestations. In tantric sects of Buddhism, as well as Hinduism, intricate symmetrical art forms of [[yantra]] or [[mandala]] are dedicated to different aspects of Tara and Parvati.<ref>David Frawley (1994), Tantric Yoga and the Wisdom Goddesses: Spiritual Secrets of Ayurveda, {{ISBN|978-1878423177}}, pp 57–85</ref><ref>Rebeca French, The Golden Yoke: The Legal Cosmology of Buddhist Tibet, {{ISBN|978-1559391719}}, pp 185–188</ref>

Parvati is closely related in symbolism and powers to [[Cybele]] of Greek and Roman mythology and as [[Vesta (mythology)|Vesta]] the guardian goddess of children.<ref name=edwardbalfour/><ref>George Stanley Faber, {{Google books|9KVZAAAAMAAJ|The Origin of Pagan Idolatry|page=488}}, pp 260–261, 404–419, 488</ref> In her manifestation as ''Durga'', Parvati parallels Mater Montana.<ref name=edwardbalfour/> She is the equivalent of the ''Magna Mater'' (Universal Mother).<ref name=alain>Alain Daniélou (1992), Gods of Love and Ecstasy: The Traditions of Shiva and Dionysus, {{ISBN|978-0892813742}}, pp 77–80</ref> As ''Kali'' and punisher of all evil, she corresponds to Proserpine and Diana Taurica.<ref name=maria>Maria Callcott, {{Google books|GFUOAAAAQAAJ|Letters on India|page=345}}, pp 345–346</ref>

As ''Bhawani'' and goddess of fertility and birthing, she is the symbolic equivalent of Ephesian ''[[Diana (mythology)|Diana]]''.<ref name=maria/> In Crete, ''[[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]]'' is the mythological figure, goddess of the mountains, paralleling Parvati; while in some mythologies from islands of Greece, the terrifying goddess mirroring Parvati is ''Diktynna'' (also called [[Britomartis]]).<ref name=alain2>Alain Daniélou (1992), Gods of Love and Ecstasy: The Traditions of Shiva and Dionysus, {{ISBN|978-0892813742}}, pp 79–80</ref> At Ephesus, Cybele is shown with lions, just like the iconography of Parvati is sometimes shown with a lion.<ref name=alain2/>

[[Carl Jung]], in ''Mysterium Coniunctionis'', states that aspects of Parvati belong to the same category of goddesses like [[Artemis]], [[Isis]] and [[Black Madonna|Mary]].<ref>Joel Ryce-Menuhin (1994), Jung and the Monotheisms, Routledge, {{ISBN|978-0415104142}}, pp 64</ref><ref>Ann Casement (2001), Carl Gustav Jung, SAGE Publications, {{ISBN|978-0761962373}}, pp 56</ref> [[Edmund Leach]] equates Parvati in her relationship with Shiva, with that of the Greek goddess [[Aphrodite]] – a symbol of sexual love.<ref>Edmund Ronald Leach, The Essential Edmund Leach: Culture and human nature, Yale University Press, {{ISBN|978-0300085082}}, pp 85</ref>