Daitya
Also called Daiteya, Daityas.
The Daityas are the powerful children of Diti in Hindu tradition, a race opposed to the gods who disrupt sacrifice and repeatedly seize dominion over the worlds before being put down.
At a glance
- Tradition
- Indian folklore
- Region
- India (place of origin)
- Trait family
- The Great-Thewed
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Traits
Read from the figure's description, which a model wrote. Open "why" for the sentence a trait came from.
Behaviour
- Grants boons when bound or bested
why
Individual Daityas obtain enormous power through austerity — the tradition is emphatic that their strength is earned by genuine discipline, often rewarded with a boon that is then exploited through a loophole — and use it to displace the gods from heaven, whereupon an avatar or a stratagem is required to restore the order.
Offensive powers
- Superhuman strength
why
Individual Daityas obtain enormous power through austerity — the tradition is emphatic that their strength is earned by genuine discipline, often rewarded with a boon that is then exploited through a loophole — and use it to displace the gods from heaven, whereupon an avatar or a stratagem is required to restore the order.
Roles
Judged from the works' own entries, not from the description. Carries: the figure holds the role. Meets: the role is in its stories, held by something it meets.
- Shadow carries both readings
3 citations
- Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Daitya."
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Daitya."
- John Dowson, A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, s.v. "Daitya."
- Hero meets
3 citations
- Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Daitya."
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Daitya."
- John Dowson, A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, s.v. "Daitya."