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Queen Mother of the West
The Queen Mother of the West or Xi Wangmu (; Japanese: Seiōbo; Korean: Seowangmo) is a Chinese goddess known from ancient times. The first historical information on her can be traced back to oracle bone inscriptions of the fifteenth century BC that record sacrifices to a "Western Mother". (Cahill, 1993) Even though these inscriptions illustrate that she predates organized Taoism, she is most often associated with Taoism. From her name alone some of her most important characteristics are revealed: she is royal, female, and is associated with the west.(Benard, 2000) The growing popularity of the Queen Mother of the West, as well as the beliefs that she was the dispenser of prosperity, longevity, and eternal bliss took place during the second century BCE when the northern and western parts of China were able to be better known because of the opening of the Silk Road.(Mair, 2006)
==Names==
Her official Taoist title is Yaochi Jinmu (). Tang dynasty writers call her ''Jinmu Yuanjun'' (金母元君, Golden Mother, the Primordial Ruler), ''Golden Mother of Tortoise Mountain'', ''She of the Nine Numina and the Grand Marvel'' and ''the Perfected Marvel of the Western Florescence and the Ultimate Worthy of the Grotto Yin''. Commoners and poets of the Tang dynasty referred to her more simply as ''Queen Mother'', ''Divine Mother'' or by the ancient, familiar expression for "mother" or "nanny", ''Amah''. In modern times she is often called Wangmu Niangniang ().
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