Kwanyin on elephant made of alabaster also called soapstone

Her name is also written as Quan Yin, Quan'Am, Kannon or Kannin. She is the personification of compassion and kindness and hear the cry of every being. Kuan Yin is also known as the goddess of forgiveness (Goddess of Mercy). She is a virgin goddess who protects women, she is patron of the sea, it helps those who ask for her help and hears every prayer. It is a historical fact that Kuan Yin, the Chinese version of the male deity Avalokiteshvara is.In China began its worship so as male god, but in time it changed from god and goddess to the ninth century, its popularity exceeds that of Avalokiteshvara. in the West we see Quan Yin increasingly like a Chinese mother Mary.