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| Chinese Goddesses |
| Ch'ang O, Queen of the Moon - A moon goddess who had her palace of Great Cold on the moon. Chuang-Mu - The Chinese goddess of sexual delights and the bed. Feng-Po-Po - The goddess of the winds who replaced Feng-Po and symbolises storms, moisture, precipitation, and the elements water and air. Ho Hsien-Ku - The "Immortal Maiden Ho." She was a Cantonese girl who dreamed that she could become immortal by eating a powder made of mother-of-pearl. She only appears to men of great virtue and is one of the Eight Immortals of the Taoist tradition. Hu-Tu - The Earth goddess and patron goddess of fertility. Her element is earth and she is the deification of the earth. Kwan Yin - Also called Kwannon she is the goddess of compassion and mercy. She is depicted as a lady dressed in white sitting on a lotus and holding an infant. She was murdered by her father and upon her arival in Hel she recited the holy books and the ruler of the underworld couldn't make the dead souls suffer. Because of that he sent her back to the world of the living where she attained great spiritual insigh and was rewared by the Buddha with immortality. She is a popular goddess and pilgrims to her temple would get her attention by shaking rattles and setting off firecrackers. Lo-shen - A goddess of rivers. Ma-ku - The goddess of spring. Meng-Po-Niang - The goddess who stands just within the gates of hell. Her magic potion is give to each soul so they will forget their past lives. Nu Kua - The goddess who created mankind. She is very powerful and half human, half serpant. She is associated with ponds, pools, rain, and moist creatures near such areas like fish and amphibians. P'an-Chin-Lien - The goddess of prostitutes. In life as a mortal she was a widow who was too liberal and inventive with her favors and was killed by her father-in-law. In death she was honoured by her professional associated and in time because the goddess of whores. Pa - The Chinese goddess of droughts. Pi-Hsai Yuan Chin - The goddess of childbirth and labour. She also brings health and good fortune to the newborn and prtection to the mother. Sao-Ts'ing Niang - Goddess of the clouds and the end of drought. Sengen-Sama - The goddess of the sacred mountain Fujiyama. Tien-Mu - The goddess of lightening. Tsi-Ku - The goddess of the outhouse and is associated with prophecy also. |