Valli 5354694 210896361 2008-05-07T21:49:10Z C Denninger 2242514 {{for|the Italian actress|Alida Valli}} {{for|the Italian-American musician|Frankie Valli}} '''Valli''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]] வள்ளி) is the name of prominent Hindu god [[Murugan]]'s consort, according to [[Tamil people|Tamil]] traditions. She is depicted as a the daughter of a [[tribal chief]]. Valli in [[Tamil language]] means a creeper and is also used as a title of many [[tribe|tribal]] or idigenous peoples goddesses in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Kerala]] and by the [[Rodiya]] people of [[Sri Lanka]]. It is also used as a common name for girls particulalrly amongst the Tamil people. Murugan the God of creating miracles in each and every persons life. ==References== *[http://kerala.gov.in/keralcalljuly04/p31-34.pdf Ancient myths of the aborigines ok Kerala] *{{cite web |url=http://www.murugan.org/research/zvelebil.htm |title=Murugan and Valli romance |publisher=Kamil V. Zvelebil |year=1981 |author=Tiru Murugan (Madras: International Institute of Tamil Studies) |accessdate=2008-05-07 |format=HTML}} {{HinduMythology}} [[Category:Tamil deities]] [[Category:Hindu goddesses]] {{Hindu-myth-stub}}