Parvathi, Shiva's wife - She wanted to take a bath and noone was available to stand guard outside. So she decides to make herself a son of clay and mud to stand guard for her as she bathes.
She makes a boy and brings him to life - directs him to not allow Anyone in.
Surely enough, he takes her very seriously and when Shiva returns home, he finds his path blocked by a little boy. Tries to get by him, and cannot. A number of other Gods etc. are called upon to remove this fellow - and they fail.
Vishnu finally comes along and chops his head off with his chakra.
Parvathi comes out crying and accuses them of killing her son. So Shiva finds an elephant's head to replace the head that has been chopped off.
Hello, Ganesha.
(I was just thinking of how it would be if everyone could mould people to their satisfaction. Chaos would result, most probably.)
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