Walchen Gekho, also called Sangwa Dragchen, or, in his warrior aspect, Zhang-zhung Meri, is a principal meditational deity of the highest tantric class of the Bon religion, closely associated with the ancient kingdom of Zhang Zhung and Mount Kailash. He is depicted with nine faces, eighteen arms and four legs, blue in colour, and is known as the slayer of demons.
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Attestation
Veneration TodayActively venerated in a living tradition 1 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Function
Domain / Function Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
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