Female buddha goddess

Usually depicted as a young female deity, Kuan Yin personifies compassion.

Green-Tara-painting

This hub showcasts the amazing works of Zeng Hao, the DunHuang Fei Tian series that depcit oriental goddess and angels. His works have gained a lot of recognition around the world.

Nepal (Kathmandu Valley) 14th century Gilt copper alloy with color, inlaid with semiprecious stones Tara, or Ārya Tārā, also known as Jetsun Dolma in Tibetan Buddhism, is a female Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism who appears as a female Buddha in Vajrayana Buddhism. She is known as the "mother of liberation", and represents the virtues of success in work and achievements. In Japan she is known as Tarani Bosatsu, and little-known as Tuoluo in Chinese Buddhism. Tara is a tantric meditation…

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annon is the Japanese goddess of mercy, compassion, and pets. She is usually depicted as female, but can also be depicted as male, which I think is pretty interesting. I’ve read somewhere that androgyny is quite prevalent in myth and lore, but it’s not something I’ve had the opportunity to look into deeper. Perhaps for another day and another blog post.

white tara