Trishula of Shiva
The trishula is the three-pronged spear or trident of the Hindu god Shiva, carried in his hand and planted before his shrines, so that the trident has become his most recognizable attribute. The three prongs are traditionally read as the three gunas of sattva, rajas and tamas, or as the triad of creation, preservation and destruction, and the weapon appears as an instrument of both justice and destruction in the myths. In the celebrated tale of the three demon cities, Shiva is said to have burned the demon Tripura and his aerial cities with a single arrow, while in other stories it is the tris