Ketu
Ketu is an Asura who has the lower parts of a snake and said to have four arms.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Associated with Hindu astrology.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Nagnechiya Maa, Patanjali, Svarbhānu, Vritra, Fu Xi, Glaistig, Hippocampus, Lamia, Sirena, Siyokoy, Nü Wa, Tlanchana, Ganesha, Bhumidevi, Śeṣa, Indra, Antaboga, Ananta Shesha, Gogaji, Jengu, Nāgas, Triton, Auvekoejak, Ceasg, Echidna, Harpy, Sirens, Matsya
- allied with
- Rahu
- sibling of
- Rahu
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Ketu is an Asura who has the lower parts of a snake and said to have four arms.”
#4672 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Ketu – An Asura who has the lower parts of a snake and said to have four arms.”
#4776 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Surya (the Sun) and Chandra recognized the deception and alerted Vishnu, who severed Rahu's head with his Sudarshana Chakra. However, because Rahu had consumed the nectar, his head and body became immortal, forming the entities Rahu and Ketu. Rahu and Ketu, bearing enmity toward Surya and Chandra”
#19222 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Rahu ("Dragon's head") and its tail by Ketu ("Dragon's tail"). If in the zodiacal chart of an individual all the seven major planets are hemmed between Rahu and Ketu in the reverse order (anticlockwise) it is said to denote Kalasarpa dosha (Defect due to black snakes), which forebodes ill luck and hardship in an individual's life”
#35044 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001