Year: 1990
Type: article
Abstract: The name indicates a land west of China.9.This is the name of a tribe which lived in the western district of China.10.This is the name of a chieftain of such a place or district.The present situation, it must be confessed, is confusing.I believe that this confused state can be resolved definitely if we arrange the informations in accordance with successive periods.These can not be treated as contemporary.Each feature of Xi wang mu must have represented one stage in its mythological development.My point of view is that they did not exist simultaneously in ancient China but that the image of Xi wang mu changed progressively down through the ages.
Source: Orient
Author: Masako MORI
Institution: Keio University
Language: English
Subfield: General Arts and Humanities
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2325276169