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Emperor of the
North Pole
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Emperor
of the North Pole is
the god who assists
Emperor Jade to be in
charge of the latitude
and longitude of the
earth, constellations
and weather and seasons
of the earth. The image
of this god originated
from the worshipping
for the stars. Ancient
people matched the stars
with the kings and top
officials. The North
Pole here refers to
the Polaris and that
the god was called Emperor
of the North Pole is
thought to be the suzerain
of all the gods of constellations.
So the Polaris is also
named King Star.
In Taoist scripts, Emperor
of the North Pole governs
all the gods of stars
and celestial figure
of mountains. And he
is the launcher of all
natural phenomena. He
can make order the gods
of thunder, lightning
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Emperor of Heaven
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He
is in charge of the
north and south poles,
all the living things
and the military affairs
of human beings. It
is said that he is
a brother of Emperor
of the North Pole
who was born by Lady
Purple Light in the
Zhou Dynasty. |
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This
goddess has another
name, Queen of Mother
Ground. She is in charge
of the transformations
of different elements,
the bearing of creatures,
the physical appearance
of all beings and the
beauty of all lands,
mountains and rivers,
so she is called Ground
Mother as a counterpart
title to another title
Heaven Father for Emperor
Jade.
The creed on the goddess
rooted in the veneration
to lands. Ancient people
prayed the god of land
for properness of weather,
harvest of crops and
auspicious of life.
The title "Mother
Ground" began to
be used during the Spring
and Autumn Period. As
for the reason of using
this word, various sayings
exist at present. One
of the explanations
is as the following:
in the patriarchal society,
the word "Mother"
referred to the great
grand mother treated
as the chief and authoritative
figure; while the word
"Ground" referred
to the mother of all
creatures, that is,
the land. So the title
in fact means Mother
of the Land. |
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Emperor Zhenwu
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Zhenwu
is named Emperor Zhenwu,
the Founder or the
Granddad in Heaven.
This super god is
evolved from the image
of the ancient northern
god, Xuanwu. In Taoist
legends, it is said
that Zhenwu, made
up of the universal
essential material
of gas, is a copy
version of Taiji.
He was born in Country
Jingle by the Queen
on March 3, in the
first year of Emperor
Huang. Intelligent,
valorous, uninterested
in the world affairs
but keen on cultivation,
he left his parents
at 15 and came to
Wudang Mountain with
a purpose of acquiring
the true meaning of
Taoism. After forty-two
years' cultivation,
he ascended to heaven
on September 9, in
the fifty-seventh
year of Emperor Huang,
escorted by five dragons.
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Zhenwu has a big bulk
and an affable countenance.
He may be bare-footed
and hanging-haired
while wearing a Taoist
robe or armor. He
may wear coronet and
richly manufactured
imperial robe with
a stately air with
the company of General
Tortoise and General
Snake. Sometimes he
may stand on the backs
of tortoise and snake
watching heaven, the
earth and waters,
with a sword in hand.
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She
is the goddess of wisdom
worshipped in Taoism,
mother of all the stars
in the cynosure.
In Taoist Books, She,
one princess of Emperor
Yu of the Zhou Dynasty,
had another name Lady
Purple Light. She had
nine sons, the eldest
Emperor Heaven, the
second Emperor of the
North Pole. The other
seven sons are respectively
the seven stars in the
cynosure.
The goddess has four
heads and eight arms.
The eight arms are equivalent
to the Eight Diagrams.
She always holds bow,
halberd, or weapons
with a shape of the
sun or the moon in her
hands. |
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