@vjsbalaji@itisatp So if you go by the early sangam texts he is a purely Tamil deity from the Kurinji region. If you go by the puranic texts, he is skanda/kartikeya born in the north.
@vjsbalaji@itisatp So now you two, separate spear wielding deities in two different traditions. As the two cultures syncretise to become one, a new deity emerges from the two but with differing origin stories.
@vjsbalaji@itisatp During that later period, 100 ce onwards, independently you see the emergence of skanda/kartikeya in the north in some vedic texts, and takes more concrete form in later texts. So what we have of two separate characters.
@vjsbalaji@itisatp There is no karthikeya in Tamil literature and by that I mean the early Sangam texts like Purananuru or Tolkappiyam, while Muruku(Murugan) and/or Seyon appear prominently. So in those texts you will not find the later puranic backstory - about before 300 bce to 100 ce. 1/2
@thamizhlab Question - the deities mentioned in Tolkappiyyam - Seyon, Mayon, Kottravai - are these Hindu (Vedic) deities or pre-vedic? If they are pre-vedic, are they still classified as Hindu? What about Periyachi Amman, Kateri Amman?
For that matter is Murugan and Karthikeya the same?
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