I know I'm being pedantic, but Shiva's a male.
Actually, results may vary. Not even the Hindus understand their religion.
No shit. Here's a story from Indian mythology that I could from a buddy taking a class in it:
Mark: "So there was this monkey who, long ago, was born so violently out of a vagina that he rocketed out into space and
ate the sun. Then another god decided that was bullshit, smacked the monkey back down to earth, and then some other gods were like 'what the fuck is this shit now we have to make him immortal.'"