Quan Yin "She Who Hears the Cries of the World"

Quan Yin is a shortened form of a name that means One Who Sees and Hears the Cries from the Human World. Her Chinese title signifies, "She who always observes or pays attention to sounds," i.e., she who hears prayers. Sometimes possessing eleven heads, Quan Yin is surnamed Sung-Tzu-Niang-Niang, "lady who brings children." She is a goddess of fecundity as well as of mercy. 




Worshipped especially by women, Quan Yin comforts the troubled, the sick, the lost, the senile and the unfortunate. Quan Yin’s popularity has grown such through the centuries that she is also regarded as the protector of seafarers, farmers and travelers.

Quan Yin cares for souls in the underworld, and is invoked during post-burial rituals to free the soul of the deceased from the torments of purgatory. There are temples all over China dedicated to this goddess. 

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Small Kuan-Yin with Baby Statue, Stone, 6.25"H