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Deity East Asian traditions
Queen Mother of the West
西王母 zh 서왕모 ko
Mother goddess in Chinese religion and mythology
A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Overview
From Wikipedia, quoted unmodified under CC BY-SA 4.0; the article’s history is its list of authors.
Family
The family of Queen Mother of the West
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 1
Kinship in an account 1
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Later works
Later works that name Queen Mother of the West
Written in 1500 CE or later, and not religious texts: works that retell or borrow the figure, not accounts of it.
What this means
Sorted out of the accounts by each work’s own recorded date on the source clock, and by its record not marking it as a religious text: the split is worked out here, not stated by any source. A religious text of any date stays among the accounts. None of these supplies the earliest account.
Also in films, games and series: Ancient Legends, Journey to the West, Legend of the Eight Immortals, Lotus Lantern, Love of Seven Fairy Maidens, Mazu, New Legend of Madame White Snake, Prelude of Lotus Lantern, Shi er sheng xiao.jpg, Sunny Piggy, The Destiny of White Snake, The Forbidden Kingdom, The Legend and the Hero 2, The Legend of Love, The Little Fairy, The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra, 선녀가 필요해, 仙女湖 (电视剧), 喜气洋洋猪八戒, 天仙配 (2007年电视剧), 奔月, 欢天喜地七仙女, 歡樂元帥, 牛郎织女 (2009年电视剧), 福星高照猪八戒, 財神有道, 麻姑献寿
Sources
Sources and evidence
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30 statements on this record
- 30 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 1 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
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Review
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Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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