"Mythologies Of The World" Stamp Album Pages

More Chines mythology pages:

Guanyin is the goddess of mercy, and a bodhisattva associated with compassion. The name Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin, which means "Perceiving the Sounds (or Cries) of the World". Some Buddhists believe that when one of their adherents departs from this world, they are placed by Guanyin in the heart of a lotus, and then sent to the western pure land of Sukhavati.


Chinese gods:
- Tou Tei, known as Tudigong ("Lord of the Soil and the Ground")
- Choi San ("God of Wealth") is the Chinese god of prosperity
- Chou Kuan is the Kitchen god

Door gods of Chinese Temples:

Hinduism - gods and temples:

Jataka - Stories about the previous lives of the Buddha

J#257;taka refer to a collection of legends concerning the previous births of the Buddha as were told by the Buddha himself in his sermons to emphasize certain moral ways of life. Here are four sets from Thailand and Laos tell different Jataka stories:

Siddhartha Gautama is recognized by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddha (Samasambuddha) of our age. Most historians date Buddha lifetime from 563 to 483 BCE. To commemorate the 2550th anniversary of the complete Nirvana of the Buddha (Mahaparinirvana) which considered as the point of the Buddhism creation, Sri Lanka issued a set of 50 stamps, many of them show scenes from Buddhist mythology:

Vesak is a Buddhist annual festival. Although it is also called "Buddha's Birthday", it actually encompasses the birth, enlightenment (nirvana), and passing away (Parinirvana) of Gautama Buddha.

Buddha and Buddhist images:

Buddhist festivals and events:

More Buddhism mythology related pages:

General themes of Far East mythologies:

Next group of pages in my album are pages about Near East mythologies. This including Egyptian mythology. Only ten pages in this group. Here are the 6 of them:

Second group of album pages about Near East mythologies, the first four are about Egyptian mythology:

Five pages about American mythologies:

Pacific Mythologies:

The last page in my album is for a GB set about mythical creatures.

I will update this thread once I prepare new album pages. hope you enjoyed the collection!