This is a golden pocket sized carry-along Tibetan protective charm ideal for your wallet or purse. It features the image of Palden Lhamo, the Tibetan Goddess of Protection.
Palden Lhamo (Glorious Goddess) is the only female among the Eight Guardians of the Law (Dharma Protectors). She is the Tibetan form of the ancient Indian goddess Shridevi. Like her Indian precursor, Palden Lhamo rides a mule whose haunch is marked with an eye. Legend has it that, while queen of Sri Lanka, she objected to her husband's practice of human sacrifice and threatened to kill their son if her husband's barbarism did not cease. When human sacrifice continued, she carried out her promise. As the goddess mounted a mule (covered with the flayed skin of her son) to flee the kingdom, the king aimed an arrow in her direction, hitting the mule's haunch. Palden Lhamo removed the arrow and magically transformed the wound into an eye, thus augmenting her powers to see and watch over the realms of the Buddhist faith.
Carry this amulet with you everywhere and be protected from all sorts of calamities and misfortunes, including illnesses and spirit harm.