Lin Moniang

deity single tradition · 1

Lin Moniang was apparently a shamaness from a small fishing village on Meizhou Island, part of Fujian's Putian County. The text suggests she lived in the late 10th century. After her death, the people erected a temple for her on her home island.

When

First attested
1150 CE
Attested period
1150 – 1150
Historical notes
Earliest record of her cult is from an 1150 inscription.

Relationships

manifested by
Miss Lin
student of
Xuantong

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Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“The legends around Lin Moniang's life were broadly established by the 12th century. She was said to have been born under the reign of the Quanzhounese warlord Liu Congxiao (d. 962), in the Min Kingdom, which eventually developed into the specific date of the 23rd day of the third month”

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