Songzi Niangniang

Songzi Niangniang (送子娘娘, "The Maiden Who Brings Children"), also referred to in Taiwan as Zhusheng Niangniang (註生娘娘), is a Taoist fertility goddess.[1][2] She is often depicted as Guan Yin herself in drawings, or alternatively as an attendant of Guan Yin; Guan Yin herself is also often referred to as "Guan Yin Who Brings Children". She is depicted as an empress figure, much like Xi Wangmu and Mazu. [2][3]

References

Yamakita, Atsushi; Kao, Chan-tsan (2005). 東洋神名事典 [Dictionary of Eastern Deities]. 奇幻基地. p. 349. ISBN 986-7576-82-9.
Kinsley, David R. (1989). "Kuan-Yin, the Chinese Goddess of Mercy". The Goddesses' Mirror: Visions of the Divine from East and West. State University of New York Press. ISBN 0-88706-835-9.
Ge, Zhaoguang (2000). 第七讲从观世音菩萨的故事说到佛教中国化 [Lecture 7: From the stories of Kuan Yin Bodhisattva to the Sinicisation of Buddhism]. 古代中国社会与文化十讲 [Ten Lectures on Ancient Chinese Society and Culture]. Tsinghua University Press. p. 128.

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[1] Yamakita, Atsushi; Kao, Chan-tsan (2005). 東洋神名事典 [Dictionary of Eastern Deities]. 奇幻基地. p. 349. ISBN 986-7576-82-9.

[Kinsley-2] Kinsley, David R. (1989). "Kuan-Yin, the Chinese Goddess of Mercy". The Goddesses' Mirror: Visions of the Divine from East and West. State University of New York Press. ISBN 0-88706-835-9.

[3] Ge, Zhaoguang (2000). 第七讲从观世音菩萨的故事说到佛教中国化 [Lecture 7: From the stories of Kuan Yin Bodhisattva to the Sinicisation of Buddhism]. 古代中国社会与文化十讲 [Ten Lectures on Ancient Chinese Society and Culture]. Tsinghua University Press. p. 128.