Guanyin
Chinese · deity · mythic · deity
Bodhisattva of compassion, the East Asian goddess of mercy.
Domains
- compassion
- mercy
Powers
- Perceive all cries of the suffering
- Take any form to save beings
- Manifest a thousand arms and eyes
Epithets
- 觀世音
- 觀自在
- 大慈大悲
- 南海觀音
Sources
- Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing), 406 CE