Jiu Tian Xuan Nv (九天玄女) aka Jiu Tian Xuan Mu (九天玄姆) or Jiu Tian Niang Niang (九天娘娘), some address her as Jiu Tian Yuan Nv (九天元女) – meaning the Spiritual Maiden of the Heavenly Realm.
From ancient records, Xuan Nv's previous form is a form of a bird which has beautiful green-rainbow-like color feathers (青鳥/彩青玄鳥), due to her initial form, many people treated her as a form of Message-delivery-agent (玄音傳達).
And according to some Deities System Records, Xuan Nv was one of Xi Wang Mu's disciple (西王母之徒) that assist Xi Wang Mu in delivery important messages to the Mortals and also, passing down of Spiritual Skills to those who have affinity with the Immortal Realms (傳玄密法門與有緣人), or, she's the disciple of Tai Yuan Sheng Mu 太元聖母 (which is a very old ancient Female Deity.)
In Folks Belief, she's the Military Master of Yellow Emperor (黃帝師) and also a Female Deity who is excellence in Medical-consultation (草藥祖).
Xuan Nv's Birthday Celebration (玄女華誕) falls on 18day of Lunar 8 Month (農曆八月十八日) and 9day of Lunar 9 Month (農曆九月初九日).
High Res-Pics at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/taoism_deity_singapore_2007/photos/album/1824250360/pic/list
九天玄女寶誥
ReplyDeleteJiu Tian Xuan Nv Bao Gao (Praise Mantra)
志心皈命禮。
Zhi Xin Gui Ming Li
九天九天。玄是真仙。
Jiu Tian Jiu Tian, Xuan Shi Zhen Xian
頭戴金盔。腳踏火輪。
Tou Dai Jin Hui, Jiao Ta Huo Lun
身騎白鶴在雲間。
Shen Qi Bai He Zai Yun Jian
手執寶劍斬妖精。
Shou Zhi Bao Jian Zhan Yao Jing
臨凡濟度救良民。
Lin Fan Ji Du Jiu Liang Min
何神不伏。何鬼不驚。
He Shen Bu Fu, He Gui Bu Jing
親身下降。救濟萬民。
Qin Shen Xia Jiang, Jiu Ji Wan Min
大悲大願。大聖大慈。
Da Bei Da Yuan, Da Sheng Da Ci
仙宮靈洞。顯凡救道。
Xian Gong Ling Dong, Xian Fan Jiu Dao
玄女仙娘。
Xuan Nv Xian Niang
九天玄女大元君。
Jiu Tian Xuan Nv Da Yuan Jun
九天玄女啟請神咒
ReplyDeleteJiu Tian Xuan Nv Qi Qing Shen Zhou (Invitation Mantra)
天遊地遊。猛烈諸侯。
Tian You Di You, Meng Lie Zhu Hou
上念北極。下臨九洲。
Shang Nian Bei Ji, Xia Lin Jiu Zhou
身穿金甲。手執戈矛。
Shen Chuan Jin Jia, Shou Zhi Ge Mao
掛于金髻。眼似銅精。
Gui Yu Jing Ji, Yan Shi Tong Jing
逢妖斬妖。逢鬼截頭。
Feng Yao Zhan Yao, Feng Gui Jie Tou
上帝敕令。不得停留。
Shang Di Chi Ling, Bu De Ting Liu
娘奉九道母元尊。急急如律令。
Niang Feng Jiu Dao Mu Yuan Zun, Ji Ji Ru Lv Ling
this drawing is nice indeed !!
ReplyDeleteThis is a pic drawn out before making the statue :P
ReplyDeletereminds me of the tv show 天龙八步... a wonderful ancient story...
ReplyDeletedsfz
I like this one. Uses her motif of birds very well.
ReplyDeleteoh okok .. but the person who draw it kinda talented .. btw where u found these pics ?? share ??
ReplyDeleteMost of them are from Taiwan and some are my own collections.
ReplyDeleteoh okok thanks =)
ReplyDeleteWelcome welcome.
ReplyDeleteNew pics added (jiutian_new_01.jpg - jiutian_new_07.jpg)
ReplyDeleteNew pics added (jiutian_new2008_01.jpg - jiutian_new2008_10.jpg)
ReplyDeleteNew pics added (jiutian_042008_01.jpg - jiutian_042008_05.jpg)
ReplyDeleteNew pics added (jiutian_new25052009_01.jpg - jiutian_new25052009_04.jpg)
ReplyDeleteNew pics added (jiutian_new28122009_01.jpg - jiutian_new28122009_04.jpg)
ReplyDeleteNew pics added (jiutian_new09042010_01.jpg - jiutian_new09042010_05.jpg)
ReplyDelete