Zigu
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Zigu is a goddess representing toilets in Chinese folk religion, also known as the Lady of the Latrine or the Third Daughter of the Latrine. She was believed to be the spirit of a concubine who had been physically abused by a vengeful wife and died in the latrine. Her cult is believed to have originated in the Shanxi region and spread across China by the Tang period.
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When
- First attested
- 420 CE
- Attested period
- 420 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Earliest record in fifth volume of Yiyuan by Liu Jingshu of Southern dynasties (420–479); cult spread across China by Tang period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Cheukshin, Hanako-san, Šulak, Atua, Ucchuṣma, Tlazolteotl, Sanxiao Niangniang
- created by
- Jade Emperor
- syncretized with
- Consort Qi
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Among the toilet gods, Zigu and Sanxiao Niangniang are particularly enshrined. Women worshipped her in the form of a homemade doll on the fifteenth day of the first month each year, when she was ritually summoned in the latrine during the night.”
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