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  2. Yaksha - Wikipedia

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    A yaksha, who is an incarnation of Bodhisattva Kannon, gives a sermon to folks. In Buddhist literature, the yakṣa are the attendants of Vaiśravaṇa , the guardian of the northern quarter, a beneficent god who protects the righteous.

  3. Twelve Heavenly Generals - Wikipedia

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    Statues of the Twelve Heavenly Generals stand in Ngong Ping, Hong Kong.; The Heavenly Generals all appear as boss characters in 1994 video game Shin Megami Tensei II.They are depicted as servants of Āṭavaka, and share the unique classification "Shinshou".

  4. List of Yakshas - Wikipedia

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    Below is a non-exhaustive list of Yakshas, a race of anthropomorphic spirits in Indian mythology. While many are malevolent, some are benevolent protectors of Dharma. Yakshas are male while Yakshis or Yakshinis are female.

  5. Mogwai (Chinese culture) - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese transliteration of the Sanskrit word "yaksha". Demons from Indian folklore that entered into Chinese mythology through the influence of Buddhism. They appear in the Chinese Gods and Demons fiction and Records of the Strange genres of literature.

  6. List of supernatural beings in Chinese folklore - Wikipedia

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    Chinese carving of a yaksha. Fearsome and malevolent demons. [54] [55] The Chinese transliteration of the Sanskrit word "yaksha". Demons from Indian folklore that entered into Chinese mythology through the influence of Buddhism. They appear in the Chinese Gods and Demons fiction and Records of the Strange genres of literature.

  7. List of beings referred to as fairies - Wikipedia

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    Yaksha are creatures usually characterized as having dual personalities, found in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. On the one hand, a Yaksha may be an inoffensive nature-fairy, associated with woods and mountains; a darker version of the Yaksha, a kind of anthropophagic ogre, ghost, or demon who haunts the wilderness and waylays, and devours ...

  8. Ao Bing - Wikipedia

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    Ao Bing (Chinese: 敖丙; pinyin: Áo Bǐng) is a character in the classic Chinese novel Investiture of the Gods (Fengshen Yanyi). He is a dragon prince and the third son of the East Sea Dragon King Ao Guang of the Crystal Palace. He has two brothers named Ao Jia and Ao Yi. Both of them are older than him.

  9. Yakshini - Wikipedia

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    The Bhutesvara Yakshis, Mathura, 2nd century CE.. Yakshinis or Yakshis (Sanskrit: यक्षिणी, IAST: Yakṣinī or Yakṣī, Pali: Yakkhiṇī or Yakkhī) are a class of female nature spirits in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain religious mythologies that are different from Devas and Asuras and Gandharvas or Apsaras.