Marichi
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Marichi, Kalpoktam (Tibetan: o zer chen ma, English: the One Having Light Rays), Goddess of the Dawn.
Marichi is a red-coloured female yidam associated with the sun and with dawn. She has three faces (including a sow's face); her eight arms holding various implements, and she rides a throne/chariot drawn by nine pigs. Her mantra is traditionally used as protection by travellers.
The goddess Marichi is another of the twenty-one forms of Tara and has the special power to avert bandits, robbers, and thieves. She is a most sublime goddess who is the ally of beings who are bereft of companionship and support and who are subject to the coercion of others more powerful than they.