Kuan Yin, the
Mahayana Buddhist goddess of mercy,
has a huge
Koi Carp
as her mount, a
vahana
that
allegedly is be able to subdue demons and malicious beings, and is sometimes,
as is here, depicted with the head of a
dragon
(fig.).
Though Kuan Yin, known in Thai as
Phra Mae Kwan Im, is generally depicted as standing
on this big
fish
(fig.),
she may at times also be portrayed in a seated pose.