XI WANG MU, whose name is usually rendered as "queen mother of the west," appeared in the earliest stages of Chinese mythology and was a focus of intense religious devotion during the first few centuries of the present era. It is possible...

Chinese goddess of immortality, and the embodiment of Yin. She dwells in the mythical Kun-lun mountains in the west of China and is known as ‘queen mother of the western paradise’. Originally, she was thought of as a menacing figure with...

Xiwangmu near Kaohsiung, Taiwan The Queen Mother of the West (Chinese: 西王母; pinyin: Xīwángmǔ; Japanese: Seiōbo), in Chinese mythology, is the ruler of the western paradise and goddess of immortality. She is charged with overseeing the Wall of...

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother held a unique place in the hearts of Britons. She was a beloved national character, who had won her place in their affections by the steadfast way in which she served her country, unflinching, unchanging, and from a time...

By Suzanne E. Cahill. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1993. Pp. 303 Suzanne Cahill, successor to the late Edward Schafer, has produced here an important contribution to our understanding of medieval Chinese culture. Through translation and analysis of medieval (mostly T'ang) texts, she...