Known as the Glorious Goddess, Palden Lhamo is the only female deity of the Eight Guardians of Law and the principal wrathful protectress of Tibet. Normally shown with deep blue skin, this gilt depiction is framed within a flaming mandorla andhas one face and four arms; holding a sword, skull cup, and two spears. She has three bulging fierce eyes and a human corpse in her moth. A crown of five skulls sit atop her flaming hair while her right ear has a poisonous snake and the left, a