# folkloresunday dailyfolklore ukiyoe fairytaletuesday mttmartcontest axieinfinity smite smitegame

Xiwangmu (Queen Mother of the West) is one of China's most ancient goddesses. She lives in the mythical Kunlun Mountains where she tends the peaches of immortality in her garden. More in thread below.

🎨'Seiobo - Queen of the West' - Takeuchi Keishu, 1907
1/2 https://t.co/i4o8PfRqLI

14 62
2023-01-08

This ukiyo-e print depicts Xiwangmu, the Chinese goddess of immortality, also called the Queen Mother of the West. Her attendant holds a dish of peaches, which are symbols of immortality.

🎨'Seiobo - Queen of the West' - Takeuchi Keishu, 1907
1/2

10 73
2022-12-27

The Chinese goddess Xiwangmu lives in the mythical Kunlun Mountains with her magical animal familiars including a three-legged crow, a nine-tailed fox, the moon rabbit and a dancing toad. She is also associated with tigers and is believed to still have a...

1/3

44 133
2022-05-03

Where do good Axies go? Xiwangmu 西王母 (Queen Mother of the West), the benevolent goddess of happiness and longevity, welcomes them to her celestial garden.





55 258
2021-10-16

— Add Jiutian Xuannü & Xiwangmu in Smite!

Also Guanyin for

1 1
2021-06-09

It is said that Xiwangmu is accompanied by a collection of supernatural creatures in her garden in the mythical Kunlun mountains. Two of special note are the magical 9-tailed fox & a 3-legged crow. The garden is where she grows her peaches of immortality.
4/7
🎨Larry Vienneau Jr.

10 32
2020-11-24

Xiwangmu is also associated with the moon & is often shown in art alongside the moon rabbit pounding the elixir of immortality in a mortar & pestle, & also a dancing frog or toad, which alludes to the myth of Chang-e, the moon goddess.
3/7
🎨1-Wolfberry Studio, 2- Shoson Ohara

5 29
2020-11-24