And while we’re on the topic of bodhisattvas, we may as well look at the Buddhist goddess figure, Quan Yin (which also seems to be spelled a bunch of other ways). As far as I understand it, Quan Yin is a female incarnation of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, who is usually portrayed as androgynous. He is thought to have transcended gender and shape:

The scriptures explain that a bodhisattva has the power to embody in any form–male, female, child, even animal-depending on the type of being he is seeking to save. As the Lotus Sutra relates, the bodhisattva Kuan Shih Yin, “by resort to a variety of shapes, travels in the world, conveying the beings to salvation.”

The image of Quan Yin as a woman in particular seems to have been solidified as Buddhism moved into Tibet and China. I would guess that it merged syncretically with local goddess figures. The way she is referred to is usually as the Goddess of Mercy, and her name means something like “She who harkens to the cries of the world.”

She’s frequently compared to the Mary, the Mother of Christ, the Gnostic Sophia, and the Egyptian Isis, plus a ton of Hindu and other goddesses. She’s often depicted wearing a white robe, and sometimes is shown pouring water out of vase, just like the Star card in the major arcana of the Tarot - the meaning of which more or less corresponds to her attributes as well.