Ancient China · Named Individual

Divine Mother 神母

Shenmu

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Divine Mother was a Named Individual.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 114

Events and relationships

Cried out at night to manifest Red Emperor token
Omen · Portent giver · At Pei marshes 沛澤
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 114

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 114

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 117Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 · 1 passage

唐據火德，而漢紹之，始起沛澤，則神母夜號，以章赤帝之符。 Emperor Yao held the virtue of Fire, and Han succeeded it; when it first arose in the Pei marshes, the divine mother cried out in the night to manifest the token of the Red Emperor.