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Chinese Mythology - Folklore - Legend- Page 5

Yaoji

Yaoji : Princess of the Flowery Clouds Yaoji, twenty-third and youngest Fairy daughter of Hsi Wang Mu, Queen Mother of the West, is among the primary Taoist goddesses. She has dominion over
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Cao Guo-Jiu

Cao Guo-Jiu is the most recent addition to the party of spirits known as the Eight Immortals. There are strikingly different versions of how he came to attain this role. Before Cao Guo-Jiu was an Immortal, he was a powerful
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Jade Maidens

Jade Maidens ORIGIN: China The Jade Maidens serve as celestial attendants to Hsi Wang Mu, Queen

Lu Tung-Pin

Lu Tung-Pin ALSO KNOWN AS: Lu Dongbin ORIGIN: China Lu Tung-pin, born circa 750 CE, is

Long Mu

Long Mu Mother of Dragons ORIGIN: China It’s the stuff of fantasy: someone brings home a beautiful stone only to discover it’s really a dragon’s egg. Long Mu means “Mother of Dragons”

Ma Gu

Ma Gu The Hemp Princess ORIGIN: China ALSO KNOWN AS: Magu; Mago; Mako; Ma Ku; Madame Hemp Ma Gu looks like a teenager, but she’s an Immortal. Legend says this fifth-century Taoist

Ma Zu

Ma Zu The Sea Angel; Lady of Heaven; Princess of Supernatural Favor; Heavenly Mother; Grandmother Ruby; Princess of Tides ALSO KNOWN AS: A-Ma; Matsu; Ma Zhu; Mazu; Tien Hau; Thien Hau; Tin

Ox Boy

Ox Boy ALSO KNOWN AS: Niu Lang ORIGIN: China Youngest of three brothers, when his parents died, his brothers inherited everything worth anything. Ox Boy inherited only a tiny, poor piece of

Pi Xiu

Pi Xiu Pronounced: Pee-shoo ALSO KNOWN AS: Pi Yao ORIGIN: China Pi Xiu is an ancient spirit and a modern feng shui guardian. Pi Xiu has the head of a three-horned dragon,

Shoki

Shōki (鍾馗) stabbing a demon Shoki : The Demon Queller Although his primary modern fame is in Japan (Shoki is the Japanese version of his name), before he became the immortal Demon

Tzu Ku

Tzu Ku is queen of the outhouse and pigpen. She is theoretically the lady of the modern bathroom too, except that it’s not exactly the same. Her traditional domains are freestanding buildings

Tien- Kou

Tien- Kou ORIGIN: China T’ien-kou literally translates as “Celestial Dog” and refers to two different but possibly related things: • T’ien-kou are shooting stars. • T’ien-kou are dreaded dog-shaped mountain Demons. T’ien-kou
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