>>8796910 pb
No different than Christians who believe in the return of "Emmanuel"
Shaivites have many different schools of philosophy. there are many versions.
Not associated with fire.. That would be Agni, or "Mars" Shiva's son. in the "textbooks" of myths which describe his stories and features.
He's considered the power of destruction. And at the end of the bad age, as when the God of the Bible destroyed the world because of the overbearing of Evil in the Flood Shijva ends it. 's ends it.
Also according to the comic book type textbooks.
You need to know your characters a bit better and not presume "Shiva" = "Nimrod"
He wears a garland of serpents.
He's the archer. bow and arrow.
Rudra, the wild god.
In their storybooks the snake-gods represent Wisdom, They are called "Naga"
Not associated with Tree of Wisdom any more than any other.
He has a drum. A trident [weapon] a begging bowl for his incarnation as a mendicant / renunciate. He's the archetypal yogi. And "adi-Guru" The original teacher, brings from darkness to light.
He has different forms.
"He's" in everything. Like a "Pan"
All pervasive.
He is worshiped in the form of a phallus.
The river ganges flows from his head.
There is nothing that he is not.
He gives Peace.
His ancestor is MUSIC, since he has no parents, being unborn.
He is the Inner Self, the Consciousness within everyone, which exists in the limited creature in a contracted form.
We have all his powers but in limited form. "Made in his image"
Non -localized consciousness.
All-pervasive. Self-illumined.