White Elephant
deity earth Chinese corroborated · 2
The White Elephant is a transcendent being and Buddha's gate-warder. Shuimu is identified as the youngest sister of the White Elephant.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- Historical notes
- Modern and historic belief in Southeast Asia.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ljesche, Bijagos, satyr, Fauns, Atargatis, Dionysus, Crow, Pan, Silenus, Apis, Dagon, Mnevis
- sibling of
- Shuimu
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
encyclopedia (1)
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“She is also identified with the youngest sister of the transcendent White Elephant (Buddha's gate-warder).”
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“In Siam it is believed that a white elephant may contain the soul of a dead person, perhaps a Buddha; when one is taken the capturer is rewarded and the animal brought to the king to be kept ever afterwards; it cannot be bought or sold.”
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