por pedroceinos | Dic 6, 2025 | culture, folklore
Parnashavari: The Tibetan Goddess of Medicine Parnashavari: The Tibetan Goddess of Medicine Within the complex symbolism of Tibetan deities and protectors, I like to look for distinctive details that allow us to identify a figure the moment we see them in a temple....
por pedroceinos | Nov 26, 2025 | culture, folklore
The Smallpox Goddess (Doushen) The Smallpox Goddess (Doushen) The Smallpox Goddess (Doushen 痘神) is part of a group of goddesses whose primary role was the protection of children. In the final years of the imperial era, they operated under the authority of Bixia...
por pedroceinos | Oct 1, 2025 | books, culture, folklore
Legends of the Mother Goddess Legends of the Mother Goddess I am pleased to share with all you that the Italian translation of my book Legends of the Mother Goddess (and Other Myths of Goddesses and Women from the Peoples of China) has now been published and is...
por pedroceinos | May 9, 2025 | culture, philosophy
Laozi’s Mother is the goddess who created the world Laozi’s Mother is the goddess who created the world In Taoist thought, great mysteries are not explained with definitive statements, but with paradoxical images, fragmentary myths, and bodily metaphors. One such...
por pedroceinos | Mar 4, 2022 | books, culture, folklore
How the presence of goddesses paves the way for female power How the presence of goddesses paved the way for female power One of the theses of my book Matriarchy in China: mothers, goddesses, queens and shamans (Madrid, 2011) was to assert that the presence of...
