Shiva: The Wild God of Power and Ecstasy by Wolf-Dieter Storl

Shiva: The Wild God of Power and Ecstasy explores a deity whose forms range from meditating ascetic to ecstatic dancer. Wolf-Dieter Storl brings an ethnological perspective to Shiva's mythology, worship and place in Hindu religious life.

The discussion extends to Tantra and comparisons with figures such as Odin and Cernunnos. These comparisons are the author's interpretive approach, inviting study of religious symbolism rather than treating distinct traditions as interchangeable.