Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Begtse, “the Hidden Coat of Mail” — a fierce red war-god and dharma-protector of Tibetan Buddhism, one of the Eight Great Dharmapalas, by tradition a
Ekajati, “the One Braid” — a supremely fierce one-eyed, one-fanged protectress of Tibetan Buddhism, foremost guardian of the secret mantras and the
Senge Dongma (Simhamukha), the Lion-Faced Dakini — a fierce female wisdom-deity of Tibetan Buddhism with the head of a snow-lion, invoked for protection
The Citipati, the “Lords of the Cemetery” — a pair of intertwined dancing skeletons of Tibetan Buddhism who protect the charnel grounds, their joyful
The Dakini, the “sky-dancer” — the female embodiment of enlightened wisdom-energy in Tibetan Buddhism, dynamic deities who dance through the open sky of
Tseringma, “the Goddess of Long Life” — a beautiful Tibetan mountain-goddess and chief of the Five Sisters of Long Life of the Himalayan peaks, bound to
The Druk, the Thunder Dragon of Tibetan and Bhutanese tradition — the great roaring dragon of the Himalayan storms whose thunder is its voice, the
Yamantaka (Vajrabhairava), “the Destroyer of Death” — a supremely wrathful buffalo-headed tantric deity of Tibetan Buddhism, conqueror of Yama the Lord of
Chakrasamvara, “the Wheel of Supreme Bliss” — a principal meditational deity of the highest tantras of Tibetan Buddhism, a tantric buddha embodying the
Kalachakra, “the Wheel of Time” — a profound meditational deity and tantric system of Tibetan Buddhism embodying the unity of time and the cosmos, famous
