Samudra manthan
The central themes of the mythology of Chhinnamasta are her self-sacrifice – with a maternal aspect (in the "Pranatoshini" "Tantra" versions) or for the welfare of the world (in the Samudra manthan oral version described above) – her sexual dominance and embrace (second "Pranatoshini" "Tantra" version), and her self-destructive fury (in the first oral legend).