Bixia Yuanjun
Chinese · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
THE CORPUS HELD THE GOD OF MOUNT TAI AND NOT THE GODDESS OF MOUNT TAI. Dongyue Dadi was a record; Bixia Yuanjun, whose temples on the same mountain drew the larger popular cult, was not. NO PARENTAGE IS ASSERTED, because the filiation everybody repeats is not in what this pass actually found.
Domains
- childbirth
- destiny
- mount tai
Relations
- shares the cult of mount tai with: Dongyue DadiNon-symmetric, written from this end only; chinese_dongyue_dadi is a pre-existing record and this batch mutates none. The tradition commonly makes her his daughter, but THE RESEARCH IN THIS PASS DID NOT RETURN THAT FILIATION, so no parentId is written and the link records only the shared mountain cult that the sources do attest.Reference treatment of Bixia Yuanjun: also known as Taishan Niangniang, 'the Lady of Mount Tai', she is the goddess of Mount Tai, of childbirth and of destiny in Chinese traditional religion; as goddess of childbirth she attends the birth of children, fixing their destiny and bringing good fortune. Mount Tai, the easternmost of the five sacred peaks of China, was considered the gateway to the afterlife throughout Chinese history. (secondary)
- of the mount tai complex with: Taishan WangWritten within this batch; the Seventh Court's king carries the mountain's name, and Mount Tai is the gateway to the afterlife in the same tradition.Reference treatment of Bixia Yuanjun: also known as Taishan Niangniang, 'the Lady of Mount Tai', she is the goddess of Mount Tai, of childbirth and of destiny in Chinese traditional religion; as goddess of childbirth she attends the birth of children, fixing their destiny and bringing good fortune. Mount Tai, the easternmost of the five sacred peaks of China, was considered the gateway to the afterlife throughout Chinese history. (secondary)
Sources
- The goddess of Mount Tai, of childbirth and of destiny, who attends the birth of children, fixes their destiny and brings good fortune; Mount Tai, easternmost of the five sacred peaks, was held to be the gateway to the afterlife.: Reference treatment of Bixia Yuanjun: also known as Taishan Niangniang, 'the Lady of Mount Tai', she is the goddess of Mount Tai, of childbirth and of destiny in Chinese traditional religion; as goddess of childbirth she attends the birth of children, fixing their destiny and bringing good fortune. Mount Tai, the easternmost of the five sacred peaks of China, was considered the gateway to the afterlife throughout Chinese history. (secondary)