The Demoness of Tibet
Source:
Tibet; Late 19th/early 20th century
Pigments on cloth
Rubin Museum of Art
C2006.1.1 (HAR 65719)
The Demoness of Tibet is a close copy of a well-known image located in the Tibet Museum in Lhasa. The landscape of Tibet is shown as the mythical demoness of Tibetan legend. Important Buddhist temples and monasteries are located across her body, spanning from the Ngari region in the west to Kham in the east.
Depicted in this piece:
- Buchu Lhakhang
- Chakpori
- Chakzam Chuwori
- Chimpu
- Daklha Gampo
- Dakpa Shelri
- Dingri Langkhor
- Dorje Drak
- Drak Yerpa
- Drampagyang
- Drepung Monastery
- Ganden
- Gongkar Chode
- Katsel
- Kharchu Monastery
- Khoting Lhakhang
- Kyichu Lhakhang
- Lhasa Tsuklakhang
- Lhunpo Tse
- Longtang Dolma Lhakhang
- Mangyul Jamtrin Lhakhang
- Potala
- Ramoche
- Reting Monastery
- Sakya Monastery
- Samye
- Sera Monastery
- Shelkar Chode
- Taklung Monastery
- Tashilhunpo
- Terdrom
- Traduntse
- Trandruk
- Tsangdram
- Tsibri
Associated people:
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Wencheng Kongjo
Wencheng Kongjo commissioned temples in order to subjugate that demoness by pinning her down at key points of her body.