Wrathful deities
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In Buddhism, wrathful deities or fierce deities are the fierce, wrathful or forceful forms of enlightened Buddhas, Bodhisattvas or Devas; normally the same figure has other, peaceful, aspects as well.
Mahakala statue, holding a flaying knife (kartika) and skullcup (kapala)
Vajrayogini, a semi-wrathful dakini who is also known as sarvabuddhaḍākiṇī, the all-buddha Dakini.
Yamantaka, also known as Vajrabhairava.
Ekajati, also known as Blue Tara or Ugra Tara.
Yamantaka
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Yamāntaka or Vajrabhairava is the "destroyer of death" deity of Vajrayana Buddhism. Sometimes he is conceptualized as "conqueror of the lord of death". Of the several deities in the Buddhist pantheon
Wrathful deities
…thung, lit. "blood drinker") are enlightened masculine beings who adopt fierce forms to express their detachment from the world of ignorance, such as Yamantaka, Cakrasamvara, Mahākāla, Hayagriva, or Vajrakilaya. Dakinis (Tb. khandroma, "sky-goer") are their feminine counterparts, sometimes depicted with a…
Yamantaka is the "destroyer of death" deity in Vajrayana Buddhism, above riding a water buffalo.
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644) Shuilu ritual painting of Yamāntaka (Dàwēidé Míngwáng), one out of a set depicting the Ten Wisdom Kings, at Baoning Temple[zh] in Shanxi, China.
Yamāntaka in a Beijing Buddhist temple.
Carved cliff relief of Yamāntaka, one out of a set depicting the Ten Wisdom Kings, at the Dazu Rock Carvings in Chongqing, China. 7th century.