'''Miyolangsangma''' is the Tibetan Buddhist goddess who lives at the top of Chomolungma (Mount Everest).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bernbaum |first=Edwin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oq9hEAAAQBAJ |title=Sacred Mountains of the World |date=2022-03-10 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-89249-0 |pages=20 |language=en}}</ref> She is one of the five long-life sisters and her virtue is inexhaustible giving.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miyolangsangma, the Goddess of Inexhaustible Giving {{!}} Tsem Rinpoche |url=https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/miyolangsangma-the-goddess-of-inexhaustible-giving.html |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=www.tsemrinpoche.com}}</ref> She started out as a malevolent demoness and was converted by a great Buddhist. Now, she is the goddess of inexhaustible giving and of Everest and the Khumbu area in general. She rides a golden tigress and hands out the jewels of wishes to those deserving.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ph67BBsPkwC |title=Everest: Summit of Achievement |date=2003 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-7432-4386-5 |pages=51–52 |language=en}}</ref> Many climbers of Chomolungma beseech her favor at the traditional stupa in which a Buddhist monk prays for them and they go through certain ceremonies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miyolangsangma |url=https://mandalas.life/tag/miyolangsangma/ |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Mandalas Life |language=en-US}}</ref>
It is said that Tenzing Norgay followed her up Everest and that she allowed him to be the first to summit Everest.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-06-07 |title=Everest through the eyes of a Sherpa: 'Climbers need to wake up’ |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48464030 |access-date=2026-03-09 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== References == <references /> Category:Dharmapalas {{Tibetan-Buddhism-stub}}