Bixia Yuanjun

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 Dadi
• of the mount tai complex with: Taishan Wang

Sources

• 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.