Powerful emanations of the primordial ocean. They protect meditators and spend wisdom as well as strong magical powers (siddhis). They have  many peaceful and wrathful forms. In many  mythologies they inhabit the magical oceans and have to fight the Garudas (mythological birds) which want to steal their magical gems. They also live in wells, lakes and rivers.

Lhu

Painting of a  young Tibetan monk (Nepal) *   Taeger Collection

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