02758cam a2200445 4500 2718310871 TxAuBib 20260328120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780295748368 0295748362 B08SJ8G3PH Amazon e5329e1c-d753-4900-91ed-7ba3e35c06e2 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9065106 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Fryklund, Kristin Ingrid. The Lady of Linshui Pacifies Demons [Libby eBook] : A Seventeenth-Century Novel. University of Washington Press, 2021. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Dipper and Thunder rituals. Chinese popular religion. marriage resistance. goddesses in China. chinese mythology. Sacred geography. childbirth. Bad Deaths. shamanism. Female. Snakes. HTML:<p><b>The dramatic story of a girl who became a goddess<br /></b>The Lady of Linshui—the goddess of women, childbirth, and childhood—is still venerated in south China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. Her story evolved from the life of Chen Jinggu in the eighth century and blossomed in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) into vernacular short fiction, legends, plays, sutras, and stele inscriptions at temples where she is worshipped. The full-length novel <i>The Lady of Linshui Pacifies Demons</i> narrates Chen Jinggu's lifelong struggle with and eventual triumph over her spirit double and rival, the White Snake demon. Among accounts of goddesses in late imperial China, this work is unique in its focus on the physical aspects of womanhood, especially the dangers of childbirth, and in its dramatization of the contradictory nature of Chinese divinities. This unabridged, annotated translation provides insights into late imperial Chinese religion, the lives of women, and the structure of families and local society.<br /> The open access publication of this book was made possible by a grant from the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation.</p>. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-03-27 20:00:02. Lewis, Mark Edward. Baptandier, Brigitte. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e5329e1c-d753-4900-91ed-7ba3e35c06e2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e5329e1c-d753-4900-91ed-7ba3e35c06e2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)