Subject: Animal Headed Iconographic Forms List
Subject: Animal Headed Gods & DeitiesSubjects, Topics & Types:
Primary Iconographic Forms:
- Donkey-faced Chakrasamvara
- Donkey/Horse-faced Hevajra
- Donkey-faced Protector (Sera Monastery)
- Ganapati (with an elephant head)
- Garuda (with a bird head)
- Hayagriva (with an additional horse head)
- Janguli (with a hood of snakes above the head)
- Mahakala, Four Demon Faces Chaturmukha
- Mahakala, Kakamukha (Raven-faced)
- Marichi (with a pig head or the addition of a pig face)
- Nagaraksha (with the body of a serpent)
- Rahula (with the body of a serpent below, black bird head above)
- Simhamukha (with a lion head)
- Vajrabhairava (with a buffalo head)
- Vajrapani (Three Wrathful Ones Combined)
- Vajravarahi (with a pig head or the addition of a pig face)
- Yama Dharmaraja (with a buffalo head)
- Yutog Nyingtig Protectors
- Others...
Secondary/Retinue Figures:
- Chakrasamvara Retinue Figures
- Chakrasamvara Vajradaka Retinue Figures
- Guhyagarbha Tantra Retinue Figures
- Bardo Retinue Deities
- Others...
Heavenly & Other-Worldly Figures:
- Kinnara (Heavenly musician with a horse head)
- Kirtimukha
- Makara (Water Monster Face)
- Nagas & Serpents
- Others...
Jeff Watt 6-2011 [updated 9-2014, 4-2017, 2-2020]
(The images below are only a selection of examples from the links above).
