in some of its 90.000 verses, the Mahabharata, the hindu epic text, tells the story of rajakumaran who was born from the pandavas (five brothers). the pandavas decided to offer a human sacrifice to assure the victory in their war, so they sacrificed rajakumaran. his last wish was to get married before dying. since nobody wanted to marry him, Shiva the lord took the form of a woman and married him. the marriage was celebrated at night. the day after, rajakumaran died.
