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Pages in category "Chinese goddesses" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Apsara; B.
The character nü (Chinese: 女; lit. 'female') is a common prefix on the names of goddesses. The proper name is wa, also read as gua (Chinese: 媧). The Chinese character is unique to this name. Birrell translates it as 'lovely', but notes that it "could be construed as 'frog '", which is consistent with her aquatic myth. [9]
A Chinese folk religion temple devoted primarily to the goddess Guanyin, in Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia Guanyin's Esoteric Incantation 觀音密呪圖, 1615 Xingming guizhi. Guanyin is an extremely popular goddess in Chinese folk religion, Chinese Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism.
Altars of goddess worship are usually arranged with Bixia at the center and two goddesses at her sides, most frequently the "Lady of Eyesight" and the "Lady of Offspring". [ 68 ] : 149–150, 191, note 18 A different figure, but with the same astral connections as Bixia is the "Goddess of the Seven Stars" ( 七星娘娘 , Qīxīng Niángniáng ).
Bixia Yuanjun is the Taoist goddess associated with Mount Tai in Shandong Province, [1] regarded as a deity of childbirth, the dawn, and destiny. [8] She purportedly governs human life-span, judges the dead, [b] and heeds the pleas for children in need, especially male children (thus being capable of causing a male offspring to be born to a household).
The story as told is that there were three goddesses in the era of Huangdi (the Yellow Emperor), namely Sunü (Chinese: 素女, "the Simple Woman"), Xuannü (Chinese: 玄女, "the Mysterious Woman"), and Cainü (Chinese: 彩女, "the Colorful Woman"); the three sisters taught the Huangdi Taoist sexual practices, the theory of sex, and ...
Encyclopedia of Chinese Gods and Goddesses; Ferguson, John C. 1928. "China" in Volume VIII of Mythology of All Races. Archaeological Institute of America. <archive.org> Guide to Chinese gods; Chinese myths online; Collection of images from Chinese mythology
Dianmu (Chinese: 電母; pinyin: Diànmǔ; lit. 'Mother of Lightning'), also known as Leizi, is the Chinese goddess of lightning, who is said to have used flashing mirrors to send bolts of lightning across the sky. [1] [2] She is married to Leigong, the god of thunder. She is one of the gods who work together to produce the phenomena of thunder.