Weaver Girl
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The Weaver Girl is a celestial maiden who helps Dong Yong on the loom. She is a protagonist in the legend of The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. In late imperial times, she was replaced in the legend of Dong Yong by the Seventh Fairy.
When
- First attested
- 200 CE
- Attested period
- 200 – 2020
- Historical notes
- First appeared in writing in the third century.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Seventh Fairy, Six Fairies
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“For more than a millennium after the fourth century this maiden—Dong Yong's wife-to-be—was identified as Weaver Girl (zhinü): after all she was to help him on the loom. In late imperial times, however, the Weaver Girl was replaced in this legend by the Seventh Fairy”
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