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Si-wang-mu, who lived eternally in the Jade Mountains, was a Chinese mother goddess or Mother Queen of the West. She was a deputy of heaven who could see the world from her mountain peak and send punishments to evil doers. Si-wang-mu may have been the same goddess as Si-mu of the oracle bones. In the first century B.C., Si-Wang-Mu is paired with Dung-wang-fu, the father king of the East. During the second century A.D., Si-wang-mu was depicted with wings. She has also been depicted with serpent's tails for feet.
Source: "An Ancient Chinese Mystery Cult" Homer H. Dubs The Harvard Theological Review, Vol. 35, No. 4. (Oct., 1942), pp. 221-240.

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