The Tibetan Earth Lords II
The following pages contain brief description of some of the major Tibetan Earth Lords. The text has been translated from the Tibetan by David Henning. In some cases, there was no exiting text or description, but only the name of the earth lord.
As for images, those presented here are not traditional images, but simply created to give you some idea of the earth lord in question. Where possible, bits of the actual description are used, while in others the name itself is all we have to go on.
Contents
- 1 01 King The-Se
- 2 02 Queen Mother The-Chim
- 3 03Queen Hang-Pen
- 4 04 Prince Te-Se
- 5 05 Minister Tsang-Kun
- 6 06 Astrologer Se-Wa
- 7 07 Royal Dog-Keeper Hang-Phen
- 8 08 King's Treasurer Se-Ji
- 9 09 Bodyguard Se-Shar
- 10 10 Royal Mount Se-Wa
- 11 11 Royal Groom Se-U
- 12 12 Timekeeper Se-Ja
- 13 13 The Royal Upolsterer
- 14 14 The Official Kung-Myul
- 15 15 The Sweeper Se-Lo
- 16 16 Princess Kar-Sham
- 17 17 The King's Dog, Black Hal-Chi
- 18 18 Her Husband, Bal-Te
- 19 19 Red General Wang-Ging
- 20 20 General Tsang Kun
- 21 21 Assistant
- 22 22 Dog-Headed Tsang-Kun
- 23 23 The Advisor Phe-U
- 24 24 Black Earth-Lord Zin-Phung
- 25 25 Pi-Ling
- 26 26 The Eleven Ministers of the Earth-King
- 27 27 Ten-ma, Goddess of the Earth
- 28 28 Da-ngeu
- 29 29 Grey earth-dog
- 30 30 Female Black Earth-Dog
- 31 31 Blue Dragon
- 32 32 Leopard Skin Earth-Lord
- 33 33 Awesome Boar-Headed
- 34 34Three headed
- 35 35 Be-na Lag-chen
- 36 36 Central Dragon Deity Ga-Pa
- 37 37 Earth-King of the Moon/Month
- 38 38 Leopard Tail
- 39 39 Hearth-God Se-shar
- 40 40 Da-Lung
- 41 41 Life Control
- 42 43 Hang-Bu
- 43 44 Sky Treasury
- 44 45 Earth-Lord Dom-Chi
- 45 46 Great God
- 46 47 Crystal House
- 47 48 White Tiger
- 48 49 Sky-Hen Gung-gyal
- 49 50 Earth Medicine
- 50 51 Well-Listened
- 51 52 Companion Deities
- 52 53 Nine-Hound Head
- 53 54 Gold Control
- 54 55 Tent God
- 55 56 Earth Soldier
- 56 57 World Destroyer
- 57 58 Earth Ji-Lam
- 58 60 Diviner of the Month
- 59 61 Chu-Tsak
- 60 Tibetan: (Chu-Tsak)
- 61 62 Red Earth-Lord Nga-Zor
- 62 63 Blue Ji-Lam
- 63 64 Pi-Ling Par-Ma
- 64 65 Sky Destroyer
- 65 66 Castle
- 66 67 Corpse Eater
- 67 68 Stealer of Yama's Food
- 68 69 The Weapon-Bearing King
- 69 70 Persian
- 70 71 Black Spinster
- 71 72 Child Horse of Mara)]
- 72 73 Illness Mara.
- 73 74 Burying Executioner
- 74 75 Five Component Element Deities)]
- 75 76 Naked Cripple
- 76 77 Mulit-Colored Nyen
- 77 78 The Crawling Earth-Lord of The Perimeter
- 78 79 Entomber Earth-Lord
- 79 80 Butcher
- 80 81 Palace Diviner
- 81 82 Wild Planet
- 82 83 Armor-Wearing Illuminator
- 83 84 Yellow Flag
- 84 85 Earth-Lord Se-Ddu
- 85 86 Geriatric Earth-Lord
- 86 88 Reptile Earth-Lord
- 87 89 Ji-Lam
- 88 90 The-Se Drum-Bu
- 89 92 Queen of Spring
- 90 93 Queen of Summer
- 91 94 Queen of Autumn
- 92 95 Queen of Winter
- 93 96 Monthly Angles
- 94 97 Monthly Lord
- 95 98 Domestic
- 96 Yellow Turtle
- 97 (Wealthy) Multicolored Nyen
- 98 He-Ton
- 99 Ji-Dur
- 100 Death-Crow
- 101 Green Nyen
01 King The-Se
He wears royal clothes, is red-yellow in color and blazing with light. He sits in a grand pose on a golden throne, holding a copper (sometimes said to be iron) garuda.
02 Queen Mother The-Chim
Tibetan: (Gyel-Yum Chen-Mo Té-Khyim)
She is deep red in color, wearing white silk, holding a flask in the right hand and a mirror in the left. She is depicted seated, with the right leg extended.
03Queen Hang-Pen
Tibetan: (Gyel-Pö Tsün-Mo Har-Pen)
She is white in color, holding a golden flask.
04 Prince Te-Se
Tibetan: (Gyel-Pö Sé-Po Té-Sé)
Red in color, holding in his right hand a golden casket and in the left an iron whip. He wears a jacket of fine red silk and has a vest of white silk over his shoulders.
05 Minister Tsang-Kun
Tibetan: (Gyel-Pö Lön-Po Tsang-Kün)
He sits on a multicolored turtle, wearing ministerial costume. He is light red in color, blazing with light and dressed in red silk. In his right hand he holds a crystal staff and in the left a jeweled flask.
06 Astrologer Se-Wa
Tibetan: (Sé-Ba La-Khyen Tsi-Khen)
He is red-yellow in color and in the guise of a priest. On his head is a "hat of existence", in his right hand he holds a silken-arrow adorned with a yellow silk streamer, and in the left a magical mirror.
07 Royal Dog-Keeper Hang-Phen
Tibetan: (Hang-Pen Ser-Po Ja-Ra-Ba)
He is red-yellow in color and blazing with light, dressed in blue silk, holding in his hands a sack of diseases and a lamp (depicted in the right).
08 King's Treasurer Se-Ji
Tibetan: (Gyel-Pö Nor-Sung Sé-Ji)
He is white in color, with a human body, a tiger head and spotted leopard's tail. He carries a mouse-topped victory banner
09 Bodyguard Se-Shar
Tibetan: (Ku-Sung Mi-Sö Sé-Shar)
He is terrifying and dark-red in color. He wears armour and rides a galloping water-buffalo, holding a sword and shield.
10 Royal Mount Se-Wa
Tibetan: (Sé-Ba Rang-Ta Gyel-Pö Chip)
He has the body of a horse and the head of a man, radiant yellow in color, carrying in his hands a golden turquoise ladles.
11 Royal Groom Se-U
Tibetan: (Sa-Dak Sé-'U Ta-Tri)
Yellow in color, he wears armour and rides a horse. He is depicted holding a sword and shield.
12 Timekeeper Se-Ja
Red-yellow in color and blazing with light, he has a human body, a bird's head and wings of copper and iron. Vicious in nature, in his right hand he holds a trumpet and in the left a phurpa (dagger).
13 The Royal Upolsterer
Tibetan: (Sa-Dak Sé-Ba Den-Ding)
Light green in color, he holds in his hands a wooden seat-frame.
14 The Official Kung-Myul
Red in color and holds a red lance (shown in the right hand) and a banner.
15 The Sweeper Se-Lo
Tibetan: (Sa-Dak Sé-Lo Sa-Chak) Blue in color, he carries a brush.
16 Princess Kar-Sham
Tibetan: (Gyel-Pö Bu-Mo Kar-Sham)
Brilliant white in color and beautiful, dressed in red silk, she holds in her hands a white-silver mirror.
17 The King's Dog, Black Hal-Chi
A black dog, panting. He has a human body with a dog's head and the tail of a snake. Black in color, he has iron wings and holds a flag-lance.
18 Her Husband, Bal-Te
Tibetan: (Dé-Yi Mak-Pa Bel-Té)
He is a young man, light yellow in color, blazing with light. Dressed in blue silk, his right hand reaches for a golden arrow, and his left raises a silver bow.
19 Red General Wang-Ging
Dressed in armour, he holds a bow and arrow. His anger blazes like fire, and he is accompanied by his retinue of planets and earth-lords.
20 General Tsang Kun
Tibetan: (Mak-Pön Tsang-Kün Ja-Ba)
Red in color, he is dressed in armor and helmet and holds a red lance and a banner.
21 Assistant
Deep blue in color, he is depicted naked except for a tiger skin.
22 Dog-Headed Tsang-Kun
He is black, the color of eye-medicine, has a human body with a dog's head and carries a jewel.
23 The Advisor Phe-U
No description of him is given in VKP, but he is depicted as human and dancing.
24 Black Earth-Lord Zin-Phung
Tibetan: (Sa-Dak Zin-Pung Nak-Po)
He rides a bull, has a scorpion head, and hold a sword in his right hand and a noose in the left.
25 Pi-Ling
He is depicted naked, with a tail, riding a horse, and carrying a black pennanted lance. He is said to be extremely fierce, although only the size of a thumb, with his horse the size of a mouse.
Some say he is like the yearly Earth-king (lo yi sa rgyal). Other description: Human body, goat head, blue in color, with the right hand holding a hook and the left a trident.
26 The Eleven Ministers of the Earth-King
Tibetan: (Sa-Gyel Jé-Lön Chu-Chik)
Said to be riding horses and carrying weapons.
27 Ten-ma, Goddess of the Earth
Yellow in color, holds a flask at her heart.
28 Da-ngeu
Human body with the head of a pig, grey in color. Holds mace in the right hand a life-giving food (? tshe mdzod) in the lefy
29 Grey earth-dog
Tibetan: (Sa-Khyi Dü-Kha) Male. Very little info.
Numbers 29-34: The six obscure blacks, "sribs kyi nag drug":
30 Female Black Earth-Dog
Numbers 29-34: The six obscure blacks, "sribs kyi nag drug".
FEMALE Very little info.
31 Blue Dragon
Numbers 29-34: The six obscure blacks, "sribs kyi nag drug".
32 Leopard Skin Earth-Lord
Numbers 29-34: The six obscure blacks, "sribs kyi nag drug".
33 Awesome Boar-Headed
Numbers 29-34: The six obscure blacks, "sribs kyi nag drug".
34Three headed
Numbers 29-34: The six obscure blacks, "sribs kyi nag drug".
35 Be-na Lag-chen
Human body with the head of a calf, holds a hammer in the hands (is drawn seated).
36 Central Dragon Deity Ga-Pa
Tibetan: (Wü-Kyi Druk-Lha Ga-Pa)
Human body with a dragon head, deep blue (or golden) in color, wears blue silk clothing, and holds an iron pan.
37 Earth-King of the Moon/Month
Human body with the head of a snake, dark blue in color, riding a turquoise blue dragon, holding a snake noose in the hands.
38 Leopard Tail
39 Hearth-God Se-shar
A red man holding a snake noose in the hands. Depicted standing.
40 Da-Lung
Human body with head of a horse, dark red in color wearing a rainbow as garment, holds an arrow in the right hand and a turquoise casket in the left.
41 Life Control
43 Hang-Bu
44 Sky Treasury
45 Earth-Lord Dom-Chi
46 Great God
47 Crystal House
48 White Tiger
49 Sky-Hen Gung-gyal
Tibetan: (Nam-Gyi Ja-Ma Gung-Gyel)
50 Earth Medicine
She is blue in color, human body, snake head, rides a snake, holding a snake-noose.
51 Well-Listened
52 Companion Deities
53 Nine-Hound Head
Human body, brown in color, with nine hound heads, long locks of hair, in the right a hook and the left a m?ra tally stick, wearing blue silk.
54 Gold Control
55 Tent God
56 Earth Soldier
Human body, tiger head, yellow, holding a lance and sword, rides a striped tigress.
57 World Destroyer
Human body with the head of a wolf, grey in color, in the hand holds a baby that he is eating.
58 Earth Ji-Lam
60 Diviner of the Month
Human body, pig head, blue in color, holds in the hands a hoe and a mace, dark red in color wearing a large cloak.
61 Chu-Tsak
Tibetan: (Chu-Tsak)
62 Red Earth-Lord Nga-Zor
Tibetan: (Sa-Dak Nga-Zor Mar-Po)
Radiant and dark-red in color, human body with an ox head, in the right a sickle and in the left a black noose.
63 Blue Ji-Lam
Tibetan: ([[[Ji-Lam]] Ngön-Mo]])
Blue woman riding a mouse, carrying a sack of diseases, and wearing white silk clothing.
64 Pi-Ling Par-Ma
Human body, goat head, blue in color, with the right hand holding a hook and the left a trident. Stands with the right leg extended and the left bent.
65 Sky Destroyer
66 Castle
The dark yellow plumb-lines (gnam thig ser nag)
67 Corpse Eater
68 Stealer of Yama's Food
69 The Weapon-Bearing King
70 Persian
71 Black Spinster
72 Child Horse of Mara)]
73 Illness Mara.
74 Burying Executioner
75 Five Component Element Deities)]
This is a Chinese expression, the meaning of which is unclear.) These, and the next group are explained under the monthly cycles.
76 Naked Cripple
(armless).
Human body with head of a snake, riding a dragon. Deep blue in color, terrifying, holding a snake noose.
77 Mulit-Colored Nyen
78 The Crawling Earth-Lord of The Perimeter
Tibetan: (Dram-Gyi Sa-Dak Ché-Bo) Yellow human with head of a mouse.
79 Entomber Earth-Lord
Tibetan: (Dram-Gyi Sa-Dak Ché-Bo) Human body with the head of a frog.
80 Butcher
81 Palace Diviner
Palace refers to the nine palaces, numbers
82 Wild Planet
83 Armor-Wearing Illuminator
Rides a yellow human, weards armour (perhaps a coat of mail), holds in the hands a sword and lance.
84 Yellow Flag
Black human carrying a tally-stick in his hand
85 Earth-Lord Se-Ddu
86 Geriatric Earth-Lord
Tibetan: (Shel-Gyi Gying-Khar)
Dark yellow in color, human body, head of a mouse, holds in the hands a cane (? shal gyi 'gying 'khar) and wears a great cloak.
88 Reptile Earth-Lord
Form as usual: Upper body human, lower that of a snake; snake hoods around the head, wearing a cloak of snake skin.
The right hand holds a treasure flask of jewels, and the left is openning the lid.
Deep blue in color.
Another form has a human body and head of an ox, with the right horn golden, the left turquoise,
yellow in color with turquoise hair and tongues of fire, tail of a snake, lying on the left side of the belly.
His bodily parts are described in the inner set 12 squares of the diagrams.
89 Ji-Lam
90 The-Se Drum-Bu
Human body with the head of a bird, grey in color (also said to be yellow in color with a snake head), holding an axe, wearing blue silk.
92 Queen of Spring
White.
She leads swirling black wind. These four are all blue women, holding mirrors in the right hands. Their clothing is uncertain.
93 Queen of Summer
Blue.
She leads lightning and hail. These four are all blue women, holding mirrors in the right hands. Their clothing is uncertain.
94 Queen of Autumn
She gathers the essence of flowers and fruit.
These four are all blue women, holding mirrors in the right hands. Their clothing is uncertain.
95 Queen of Winter
Tibetan: (Gün-Gyi Gyel-Mo) Black. She leads snow blizzards. These four are all blue women, holding mirrors in the right hands. Their clothing is uncertain.
96 Monthly Angles
Tibetan: ({Tsang- Tsé)
97 Monthly Lord
98 Domestic
Literally: inside the house.
Yellow Turtle
(The Fanged Earth-Lord)
Ugly with large canines, also called Unchanging ('gyur ba med pa).
(Wealthy) Multicolored Nyen
He-Ton
Ji-Dur
Death-Crow
Human body with a raven head, wearing clothes of Buddhist and Bon.
Green Nyen
The Earth Lords Tibetan Astrology And Geomancy By Michael Erlewine.
