Mountain God Nyenchen Thanglha
The Tibetan legend of Nyenchen Thanglha, one of the most powerful mountain gods in Tibetan mythology. He is the spirit of the Nyenchen Thanglha mountain range in central Tibet, revered as a protector deity who commands armies of elemental spirits. In pre-Buddhist Bon tradition, he was a wrathful, dangerous spirit who demanded blood sacrifices. When Padmasambhava brought Buddhism to Tibet in the 8th century, he famously subdued Nyenchen Thanglha and bound him by oath to protect the Buddhist teachings. Today he appears in Buddhist iconography as a white-skinned warrior riding a white horse, hold