Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Taditkara

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Taditkara: One of my occasional 'god' spots, designed toshow those who think theirs is the only deity (OMG, you mean He isn't?) thatthere are, in fact, almost as many gods and goddesses worshipped as there are prejudicesamongst those poor deluded individuals who've been brain-washed, in all areas.(Complex sentence! I really should rephrase it, but I somehow can't find themotivation).
Taditkara is, so it would seem, a Buddhist goddess of light.Generally associated with the colour green and with lightning, her attributestake lightning in the form of a creeper. What, exactly, one is supposed to takefrom this, I've no idea. Is this worship of lightning, green or creepers? Or isthis unimportant deity merely a personification of these qualities? I believethat polytheism is as valid as monotheism (i.e. invalid) and has the advantagefor those convinced by it that there is more than one being to blame whenthings go wrong. Such appears to be the nature of the human being: we seem toneed someone to accuse when natural events occur.