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Visual depiction of Ksitigarbha

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Vol. II · Polytheism

Ksitigarbha

Buddhist savior of hell beings


a monk with a staff and a wish-granting jewel, descending into every hell realm to release suffering souls until all are saved

Organization
Mixed Bronze/Iron-Age pantheons
Time period
varies
Location
varies

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 4) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.