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Which Daoist deity, the 'Queen Mother of the West', was originally a fearsome tiger-toothed goddess of plague in Shang dynasty oracle texts before evolving into a benevolent immortal who presides over the Peaches of Immortality?
Answer: Xi Wangmu — Xi Wangmu's transformation from a destructive wilderness deity to a refined Daoist immortal is one of the most dramatic evolutions in Chinese religious iconography, traced through oracle bones, Han tomb art and Ming novels like 'Journey to the West'.
- A Mazu
- B Xi Wangmu ✓
- C Chang'e
- D Nüwa
Xi Wangmu's transformation from a destructive wilderness deity to a refined Daoist immortal is one of the most dramatic evolutions in Chinese religious iconography, traced through oracle bones, Han tomb art and Ming novels like 'Journey to the West'.