Mazu
Chinese · mortal · song · Recorded classification
A girl from a small island who is now the Queen of Heaven, and the promotions were transactional: the Yuan raised her because its capital ate grain carried by Fujianese sailors who prayed to her, and a state that depends on a sea route has an interest in the goddess of that route. Her cult is among the largest in the world by adherents and by number of temples, and the registry — which held the Jade Emperor, Guanyin and the Kitchen God — did not have her.
Domains
- the sea
- protection
Sources
- Mazu, born Lin Moniang in 960 on Meizhou Island in Fujian, was deified by her islanders after her death, given a temple there in 987, and promoted by the state to Tianfei under the Yuan and Tianhou, Queen of Heaven, under the Qing.: Reference treatments of Mazu, her life, her deification and her imperial titles. (secondary)