The only feminine divinity among the eight terrible ones, is apparently a Hindu goddess Kali/ Durga/Parvati, is a consort of Yama, is characteristically shown seated sideways on her horse or mule, with a human skulls, in her hand and necklace of human skulls about her, and is considered the female guardians of the Dalai Lama and the Penchhen Lama.

According to legend, Heyvajra gave her two dice to determine the life of men. Brahma gave her a fan of peacocks feathers, Kubera gave her a lion. Which she wears in her right ear. Nanda, the serpent god gave her a serpent, which hangs from her left ear. Vajrapani gave her a hammer. Other gods gave her a mule, whose covering is the skin of a demon and the reins are of famous serpents. As her appearance seems to have been ferocious.

Sri Devi Palden Lhamo

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