nanshe-of-nina:viα ladysstoneheart: EAST ASIAN MYTHOLOGY MEME: [6/9] CHINESE GO
nanshe-of-nina:viα ladysstoneheart: EAST ASIAN MYTHOLOGY MEME: [6/9] CHINESE GODS AND GODDESSES | TOU CHEN NIANG NIANGTou Chen Niang Niang [Lady of the Thousand Flowers] is the Chinese Goddess of Smallpox.The red flowers Tou Chen Niang Niang owns are smallpox pustules. Unlike other smallpox spirits who also serve other functions. Tou Chen Niang Niang is almost exclusively associated with this disease. She is interested in little else. She transmits smallpox but can also guarantee a patient’s recovery. Tou Chen Niang Niang had four sons: Pan Shen ruled over fatal smallpox, Chen Shen over measles, Sha Shen over scarlet fever and chicken pox, and Ma Shen over pockmarks. -- source link
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