Satrig Ersang
Bön · deity · mythic · deity
Satrig Ersang is the supreme goddess of the Bön religion, 'the Mother' who heads the tetrad of Four Transcendent Lords. Her name is considered to be in the Zhang-zhung language and is glossed in Tibetan as Sherab Chamma, the 'Loving Mother of Wisdom'; she is also called Yum Chenmo, the 'Great Mother'. She personifies wisdom and maternal compassion, and her wrathful counterpart is the great protectress Sipé Gyalmo.
Domains
- wisdom
- motherhood
Powers
- to bestow wisdom and loving care upon all beings
Epithets
- Yum chen mo
- Byams ma
Relations
- companion: Shenlha Ökar
- companion: Sangpo Bumtri
- equated with: Sipé Gyalmo