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Tibetan mythology consists mainly of national mythology stemming from the Tibetan culture as well as religious mythology from both Tibetan Buddhism and Bön Religion. These myths are often passed down orally, through rituals or through traditional art like sculptures or cave paintings .
Pages in category "Tibetan mythology" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Gyalpo (Tibetan: རྒྱལ་པོ་, Wylie: rgyal po), a word which simply means "king" in the Tibetic languages, in Tibetan mythology is used to refer to the Four Heavenly Kings (Tibetan: རྒྱལ་ཆེན་བཞི་) and especially to a class of spirits, both Buddhist and Bon, who may be either malevolent spirits or oath ...
Pages in category "Tibetan legendary creatures" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Druk; G.
Tibetan Gelug monk and sand mandala Prayer flags Woodblock printing The Image of Tibetan prayer flags Wind Horse Tibet developed a distinct culture due to its geographic and climatic conditions. While influenced by neighboring cultures from China , India , and Nepal , the Himalayan region 's remoteness and inaccessibility have preserved ...
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The Snow Lion (sometimes spelled snowlion; Tibetan: གངས་སེང་གེ་, Wylie: gangs seng ge; Chinese: 雪獅) is a celestial animal of Tibet. It is the emblem of Tibet, representing the snowy mountain ranges and glaciers of Tibet, [ 1 ] and may also symbolize power and strength, and fearlessness and joy, east and the earth element.
Backside of Tibetan 25 tam banknote, dated 1659 of the Tibetan Era (= 1913 CE).On the right, the four harmonious animals are represented. A popular scene often found as wall paintings in Tibetan religious buildings represents an elephant standing under a fruit tree carrying a monkey, a hare and a bird (usually a partridge, but sometimes a grouse, and in Bhutan a hornbill) on top of each other ...