MARICI TWO

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Marici may have originally been another form of Ushas the dawn goddess as she is described as travelling before the sun and moon

She rides either a single wild pig or a chariot drawn by 7

2 Tibetan depictions of Marici

A more modern image stressing her as a guardian warrior and archer 

More Marici images to come ! 

Japanese Benten

Here's the Japanese equivalent of Sarasvati. You can see the Chinese influence on the iconography and painting style.

Dear readers I am bumping older blog posts done before I set up  a cross link with google+. As the widget that does this will not cross post (PRE)scheduled posts please use the Share button so other people can enjoy these posts. This is one of a sequence of 4 posts showing how depictions of Sarasvati changed from India to Japanese and elsewhere.