Originally Posted by gonesh9

Dear dex,

My father Shiva set off travelling when I was young and went
away for many years. When he returned, he found my mother Parvati talking
to an me as an adult, and assuming I was a stranger there to
woo his wife, he chopped off his own son's (my) head. Parvati was so
upset that in order to placate her, Shiva said he would replace
my head with that of the first living being he came upon.
This happened to be an elephant, and so now I am stuck with this damn
elephant's head.