Nirriti

Nirriti ( Sanskrit , f., निर्ऋति, nirṛti ) is a goddess in Hindu mythology . She is the personification of destruction, suffering and death. Their messengers are owls and doves and their habitat is the south, as this is viewed in Hinduism as the area of ​​death. She is the sister of Lakshmi and the mother of Bhaya . Sometimes she is also seen as the wife of Adharma .

In late Hinduism, it appears or Nairrita ( नैरृत , metronym "son of the Nirriti", but also "southwest") as one of the Lokapalas , the guardian of the eight cardinal points, where it is assigned to the southwest.

Nirriti is not just the name of a goddess, but generally the term for destruction, evil and dissolution.

Trivia

Film adaptations can be found in the SciFi television series Stargate SG-1 and in the feature film Stargate: Continuum , in which Jacqueline Samuda embodies the Goa'uld Nirrti .

literature

• Knaurs Lexikon der Mythologie , Droemer Knaur Verlag (1999), ISBN 3-8289-4154-0