- the
opening of the Silk Road.
Queen Mother of the West is a
calque of
Xiwangmu in
Chinese sources, Seiōbo in ****an,
Seowangmo in Korea, and Tây Vương...
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Eight Immortals who are seen,
coming to pay
their respects to the
goddess Xiwangmu,
perhaps invited to join her in a
feast of
immortal repast. This is the...
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inhabited or
visited one or more of the
eight mountain pillars.
These include Xiwangmu and
others on Kunlun.
Although not
originally located on Kunlun, but rather...
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Queen Mother of the West (
Xiwangmu) was a
mountain demon, she was in love with the King
Father of the East (Dongwanggong).
Xiwangmu ruled the west and Dongwanggong...
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serves the same purpose.
Couplets or polarities, such as Fuxi and Nuwa,
Xiwangmu and Dongwanggong, and the
highest couple of
Heaven and Earth, all embody...
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accounts she is
identified as the
ambiguous goddess of life and
death Xiwangmu. In the
esoteric teachings of
Taoism she is
identified as the same as Jinling...
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ambiguously for all
large bodies of water.) The lake is also
known as
Xīwángmǔ Yáochí ("Jade Pond of the
Queen Mother of the West") from an old legendary...
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Foxes (胡三太奶 Húsān Tàinǎi). As a goddess, the Fox
Immortal is
related to
Xīwángmǔ (西王母 "Queen
Mother of the West"), the
great goddess guardian of
Mount Kunlun...
- statues. Some
taoist robes are also
referred as
crane robes (hechang, 鶴氅).
Xiwangmu is also
often depicted riding a
white crane.: 108 Four
Immortals Saluting...
- Shī),
guardian lions.
Sometimes they are
found pulling the
chariot of
Xiwangmu. The cat is one of the
twelve annual zodiacal animals in
Vietnamese and...
