Tag: chinese mythology

The Phoenix of Chu Xiong Culture

Various Sources – Chu, or Ch’u (Chinese: 楚, Hanyu Pinyin: Chǔ, Old Chinese) was a Zhou dynasty vassal state. Their first ruler was King Wu of Chu in the early 8th century BCE. Chu was located in the south of the Zhou heartland and lasted during the Spring and Autumn period. At the end of […]

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Queen Mother Houtu 后土 – Earth Goddess

Compilation and additions by Phoenix the Elder – Hòutǔ (Chinese: 后土; lit. ‘Queen of the Earth’) or Hòutǔshén is the Earth Goddess called. She is also called the Earth Queen Lady, otherwise known as Dimu. She is an earth goddess deity of deep earth and soil. Houtu is the overlord of all the Tu Di […]

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Lady of Linshui 臨水夫人 – Shaman Goddess

Compilation with additions by Phoenix the Elder – Chen Jinggu, also known as Lady Linshui (臨水夫人 Linshui furen), Mrs. Jingpu, is the daughter of Kuan Yin, and she was a legendary shaman woman who had a cult under her shamanism village as a shaman.Chen  Jing (陳靖) was called Chen Jinggu (陈靖姑) when she was born […]

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Water Deities 水之女神 and Goddesses of the Tao

Compilation by Phoenix the Elder – Water seems to be a stronghold symbol of mine, mostly because I work with dreaming, the emotional body, and the soul. These are all water symbols and have an interplay with each other because of their non-physical reality and transparency. There is the energetics of water which are the […]

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Xiwang Mu 西王母 The Goddess of Women, Health, Immortality and Magic

By Phoenix the Elder – The Immortal of Heaven, the Supreme Goddess Xiwang Mu or Wangmu Niangniang as she is known in China, or simply known as the Mother of the West and Immortal Peach Goddess. Xiwang Mu 西王母 is the Immortal enlightened Goddess of Women, overseeing Health, Immortality, and Magic! She is known as […]

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Influences of Chinese Tao Shamanism

By Phoenix the Elder – This is a story of some of the ways my personal shaman life is intertwined with the Chinese mysticism and its presence that seams to weave in and out at certain cycles through the decades. A lot of my work was healing my karmic Roman soldier who was stationed in Egypt […]

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Chinese Sun and Moon Mirrors

A Taoist Share by Phoenix the Elder – I had a wonderful experience this moon cycle and was blessed by an experience that is understood as an ancient Chinese legend of a particular immortal Goddess. When it happened I built an altar in my garden for her and thanked her for the gift bestowed. Later […]

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Goddess Mazu of the Sea

Compilation by Phoenix the Elder – I have honored Quan Yin in my earlier days when I practiced Buddhism and Zen and found that the Chinese Goddess of Compassion was a good diety to support my practice to heal and learn to love myself and others. I had visited a holy statue of her during […]

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