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Indian deities in merchandising?

May 14, 2009 19:16

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gokuma May 14 2009, 18:29:26 UTC

Sheeva from Mortal Kombat?

Nerd alert... mermaidcafe May 14 2009, 18:39:16 UTC

Here's a dorky complicated response. I work in the trademark profession, so that's the kind of thing I deal with ( ... )

Re: Nerd alert... sailorptah May 15 2009, 01:05:03 UTC

Oh, wow, trademark search. That's going to be awesomely useful. Thanks!

wpenrose May 14 2009, 19:00:46 UTC

Wasn't there a video game named 'Kali'?

I have a vague recollection of an ad involving a woman with six or eight arms. It did not mention a diety explicitly, but the pose and stacking of the arms were obviously Indian inspired.

DB

shadefell May 14 2009, 20:42:19 UTC

I used to have a shirt from Abercombie and Fitch with Ganesha on it. I also used to have a room mate whose patron god was Ganesha. I, uh, got rid of the shirt.

imrihamun May 14 2009, 21:37:07 UTC

I threw some names in and used Google Shopping to sort through them. I came up with 'Shiva' style knife from a knife company, as well as a style of clothing from a company (the 'Shiva' line - the commentary's a bit tasteless, I think.)

Are you looking for things with the names of deities within the culture, though? Like products from India/SE Asia, or Western ones? Because I think it makes a difference; most people used to be raised with at least a sort of diffuse common-knowledge attributes of, say, Venus for a women's razor - but I don't think most western brandings using Indian names use the same loose-common-knowledge ideas of attributes, except maybe, maybe for Kali.