Gesar

Heaven-sent hero-king of Ling, son of White Brahma; Tibeto-Mongol epic.

Parentage

• father: Qormusta Tengri

Domains

• kingship
• war

Powers

• Descend from heaven to vanquish demon-kings
• Subdue the four demon-kings of the directions
• Win the kingdom and Drugmo by a horse race

Epithets

• གེ་སར་རྒྱལ་པོ tibetan · Ge-sar rgyal-po'King Gesar' — the hero-king of LingGesar epic (Tibetan-Mongol cycle) (secondary)
• སེང་ཆེན་ནོར་བུ tibetan · Seng-chen Nor-bu'Great Lion Jewel' — Gesar's heroic epithetGesar epic tradition (secondary)

Sources

• existence: The Epic of King Gesar (Gesar of Ling cycle) (primary)