Kwan Yin

Known as The Goddess of Mercy, Gentle Protectoress, Bodhisattva of Compassion, even the 
savior of seamen and fishermen, she holds many titles. The spelling of her name varies, but it is 
not so much the arrangement of letters as it is the effect that her spoken name produces on those 
with a Buddhist background, similar to a reaction in the West when one is speaking of the Virgin
 Mary.