All Forms and Aspects of Shiva

Distinct iconographic and mythological forms and aspects under which Shiva is worshipped and depicted, separate from Shiva's own core identity as one of the Trimurti: the fierce form Bhairava, the composite half-male half-female form Ardhanarishvara, the teaching form Dakshinamurti facing south, the cosmic dancer Nataraja, and Rudra, the fierce Vedic storm god whose identity later merged into and helped shape the Puranic Shiva.