Kali Clear Card Art - Tony Perna

Perna Studios is very excited to announce our very first trading card set entitled Classic Mythology (for release in April of 2012). This set will focus on 6 timeless Classic Mythologies that we have all come to love and enjoy during our lifetime. The mythologies spotlighted in this set are Greek, Norse, Egyptian, Celtic, Japanese and Hindu. We have an impressive list of artists involved on this set working on both base/promo cards and sketch cards.



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This awesome art of Kali from Hindu Mythology is created by the very talented artist Tony Perna. This art has a subtle background and will made into a frosted CLEAR chase card in our Classic Mythology card set.


Kali – Hindu Mythology – Kali is the Hindu goddess associated with power (Shakti). The name Kali comes from kāla, which means black, time, death, lord of death, Shiva. Kali means "the black one". Since Shiva is called Kāla - the eternal time, Kālī, his consort, also means "Time" or "Death" (as in time has come). Hence, Kāli is considered the goddess of time and change. Although sometimes presented as dark and violent, her earliest incarnation as a figure of annihilation still has some influence. She is also revered as Bhavatārini (literally "redeemer of the universe"). Comparatively recent devotional movements largely conceive Kāli as a benevolent mother goddess. She is the foremost among the Dasa Mahavidyas, ten fierce Tantric goddesses. Kali is portrayed mostly with four-armed form. She is described as being black in color but is most often depicted as blue in popular Indian art. Her eyes are described as red with intoxication, and in absolute rage, her hair is shown disheveled, small fangs sometimes protrude out of her mouth, and her tongue is lolling. She is often shown naked or just wearing a skirt made of human arms and a garland of human heads. She is also accompanied by serpents and a jackal while standing on a seemingly dead Shiva, usually right foot forward to symbolize the more popular Dakshinamarga or right-handed path, as opposed to the more infamous and transgressive Vamamarga or left-handed path.

"Kali Maa is The Mother of all Creation, the protector of all innocent.” In Hindu mythological shastra and tantra shastra which are the base of most of hindu rituals their is belief that Mother Kali as Mahakali is the Mother of entire Creation. The exact reference will be kalika puran and yogani tantra. Here Mother Kali (as MahaKali) is seen as the Creator & Mother of Universe.

Maa Kali is the source of all motherly love and Parental instincts, the feeling every mother has for her child, the sense of protection and care every parents
have is a gift of her.. and because of this gift.. life exist on this earth and we know this like a crystal clear fact of all our lives..

In Kāli's most famous myth, Durga and her assistants, the Matrikas, wound the demon Raktabija, in various ways and with a variety of weapons in an attempt to destroy him. They soon find that they have worsened the situation for with every drop of blood that is spilt from Raktabija he reproduces a clone of himself. The battlefield becomes increasingly filled with his duplicates. Durga, in need of help, summons Kāli to combat the demons. It is said, in some versions, that Goddess Durga actually assumes the form of Goddess Kāli at this time. Kali destroys Raktabija by sucking the blood from his body and putting the many Raktabija duplicates in her gaping mouth. Pleased with her victory, Kali then dances on the field of battle, stepping on the corpses of the slain. Shiva lies among the dead beneath her feet, a representation of Kali commonly seen in her iconography as Daksinakali.


You can read more about Kali Maa on this link


   KALI MAA - WHO IS SHE ?TODAY most of the world have lost the knowledge of who is kali maa ? they see her as a goddess of destruction . but why a goddess of destruction has been worshiped since the time of predated history ?  the answer is simple she despite her fearful appearance she is not the goddess of destruction ... and to understand this we should see why she is been worshiped by people of India for so many years even from predated time .
To start first - We worship “Kali Maa - As The Mother of all Creation , the protector of all innocent ” 
Now the propose of this JOURNAL is to understand and explore some ancient meanings and ideology about Kali Maa .
So the first question-  “Who is Kali Maa ? & Why to Worship Her ?  or what Kali Maa is a Symbol of ?”

The Answer is simple she is the mother of all creation, she has given us more than we could imagine, she is with us from the time of birth and