maritchi

Updated: June 23, 2025

Goddess of the North Star Tou Mu, the Bushel Mother, or Goddess of the North Star, worshipped by both Buddhists and Taoists, is the Indian Maritchi, and was made a stellar divinity by the Taoists. She is said to have been the mother of the nine Jên Huang or Human Sovereigns of fabulous antiquity, who succeeded the lines of Celestial and Terrestrial Sovereigns.

E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner - Myths and Legends of China