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What are all the different stories from Lord Shiva?

Lord Shiva is my favorite God too... Oh my God!! I will try to share with you all I know here. I am just expressing my thoughts as it comes. So it is likely to me very haphazardly. Shiva Trilogy: Please do read Shiva Trilogy by Amish Tripathi. That series is too good. I totally loved it. You would love it too. Tamil Shiva: Shaivism flourished in TN for several years. In ancient times, around 1100 AD, a poet and Shiva devotee named  Sekkizhar  wrote poems called  Periya Puranam  about 63 other Shiva devotees aka.  Nayanars . It was a tradition in Tamil Nadu that fellow Shiva devotees were considered important than Lord Shiva himself. The Periya Puranam was instrumental in making  Ramana Maharshi  renounce worldly life and head to the holy  Tiruvannamalai  (Arunachalam). I could recollect one story about one of the 63 devotees called  Meiporul Nayanar  we studied in 7th or 8th standard in school. I will briefly explain the story that moved me into tears. Meiporul Nayana