Karura
Sign in to savethumb|A statue depicting a wingless Karura from Kōfuku-ji, Nara, 8th century. thumb|An illustration from an 1866 Japanese book. Karura, who is an incarnation of Guanyin|Bodhisattva Kannon in this scene, gives a sermon to folks.
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thumb|A statue depicting a wingless Karura from Kōfuku-ji, Nara, 8th century. thumb|An illustration from an 1866 Japanese book. Karura, who is an incarnation of Guanyin|Bodhisattva Kannon in this scene, gives a sermon to folks.
The is a divine creature with a human torso and birdlike head in Japanese mythology.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.