Results for "himalayas"
6 entries found.
🇳🇵 Nepal and 1 morePrayer flagLung ta
Cloth banners printed with mantras, hung in high places to spread blessings on the windCharm · Protection · Cleansing and purification Living
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreBonབོན།
The indigenous religion of Tibet and the Himalayas, preserving ancient rituals alongside Buddhist teachings.Tradition · Protection · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreDzi beadགཟི། (gzi)
An agate amulet worn in the Himalayas for protection against the evil eye.Charm · Protection · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇳🇵 Nepal and 1 moreMani stone
Carved stones inscribed with Buddhist mantras, placed as offerings along paths in the Himalayas.Charm · Protection · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇳🇵 Nepal and 4 moreYetiགཡའ་དྲེད་
A hairy humanoid of Himalayan story, known in the West as the Abominable SnowmanBeing · Protection Legendary
🇮🇳 IndiaAbarimon
A mythical tribe with reversed feet, said to inhabit the Himalayas and run at extreme speeds.Figure · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Yeti: Gardner Soule, Public domain, source
- Prayer flag: Wotan, CC BY 2.5, source
- Bon: Jialiang Gao (peace-on-earth.org), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dzi bead: Benjwong, Public domain, source
- Mani stone: John Hill, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Back-footed being: Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514),, Public domain, source