Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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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
Cangjie — the legendary inventor of Chinese writing, the four-eyed historian of the Yellow Emperor who created the first Chinese characters from the
Jiang Ziya — the great sage and strategist of Chinese legend who fished with a straight hook for a king, masterminded the overthrow of the Shang and
Kuafu — the giant of Chinese mythology who chased the sun, running a great race to catch the setting sun, drinking the Yellow and Wei Rivers dry in his
Yu the Great — the great hero, flood-tamer, and founding sage-emperor of Chinese legend, who through thirteen years of selfless labour mastered the
Tianhou — the “Empress of Heaven,” the supreme exalted title and celestial aspect of the beloved Chinese sea-goddess Mazu, raised by imperial decree,
Gun — the tragic flood-fighter of Chinese mythology and father of Yu the Great, who stole the magic self-expanding soil from Heaven to dam the Great
Xiangliu — the monstrous nine-headed serpent of Chinese mythology, the venomous minister of the flood-god Gonggong, a snake with nine human-faced heads
Yamantaka (Vajrabhairava), “the Destroyer of Death” — a supremely wrathful buffalo-headed tantric deity of Tibetan Buddhism, conqueror of Yama the Lord of
