Durbar Square, Bhaktapur, Kathmandu valley, Nepal. Guardian lions on the steps of a temple. Foggy winter morning November 2005.

Guardian statues at Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew), The Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Guardian figure paintings on gate, Hoi Tuong Te Nguoi Hoa Buddhist Chinese temple, Phu Quoc, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Guardian figure with European hat at Wat Pho (Wat Phra Chetuphon), early Rattanakosin period, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Guardian figure, Banteay Srei Temple, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Bronze figure of Agriculture supported by a bronze lion, Victoria Memorial, The Mall, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Stone statue of a mythical creature among ruins in the grounds of the mid 13th century Sun Temple, dedicated to Surya, the Hindu Sun God, constructed as a twelve-wheeled chariot drawn by seven horses, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Konarak, Puri District, Odisha, India, Asia

Gilt statue inside The Grand Palace and Temple complex, Bangkok, Thailand

Guardian figure at Horyuji Temple, which contains the world's oldest wooden structures, Nara, Japan, Asia

Ramakien figure, Wat Phra Kaeo, Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Ramakien figure, Wat Phra Kaeo, Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Mythological demon statue at Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, (Rangoon), Myanmar, (Burma)

Face of guardian mythical demon figure, Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand

Statues of demons on a Golden Chedi, at the temple of the Emerald Buddha Wat Phra Kaeo, Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand

Statue of demon on a Golden Chedi, at the temple of the Emerald Buddha Wat Phra Kaeo, Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand

Thotkhirithon demon guardian figure at Wat Phra Kaeo on the grounds of The Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand.

Paintings at the temple of the Emerald Buddha Wat Phra Kaeo, Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand

Garuda figures on the ubusot, the main building of Temple of the Emerald Buddha at The Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand.

Guardian mythical demon or Yaksha at The Grand Palace; Bangkok, Thailand.

Entrance to Huyen Khong cave, protective deities, guardian figures, Marble Mountains, Ngu Hanh Son, Thuy Son, Da Nang, Vietnam, Asia

Temple guard at the Royal Palace in Bangkok Thailand

Statue of guardian on Camargue horse beside Camargue bull, Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Southern France, France, Europe

Buddha meditating under the protection of a seven-headed Naga snake, Wat Pho, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia

Statue of guardian on Camargue Horse, Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Southern France, France, Europe

Temple guardian in front of the Bupaya Pagoda at the Ayeyarwady river, Bagan, Pagan, Burma, Myanmar, Asia

Guardian figure, patron deity, Huyen Khong Grotto, Marble Mountains, Ngu Hanh Son, Thuy Son, Da Nang, Vietnam, Asia

Guardian figure, patron deity, Huyen Khong cave, Marble Mountains or Ngu Hanh Son, Thuy Son, Da Nang, Vietnam, Asia

Statue of Hermes, patron god of travellers and merchants, Romanushaus, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Komokuten, Guardian of the Temple, Todaiji Temple, Buddhist Temple, Nara, Japan, Asia

Tutelary deity, guardian figure, Phuoc Duyen Tower, Thien Mu Pagoda, Pagoda of the Heavenly Woman, Hue, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Vietnam, Asia

Guardian statues at Angkor Thom temple, South Gate, Temples of Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia

Clock and sculpture of Pilgrimage church Sonntagberg

Temple guardian at the Shwedagon pagoda, Buddhist temple, Rangoon, Yangon, Burma, Burma, Myanmar, Asia

Bishamonten, Guardian of the Temple, Todaiji Temple, Buddhist Temple, Nara, Japan, Asia

Guardian figure, Thien Mu Pagoda, Hue, North Vietnam, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia