"Mother Ancestor," the Goddess of the Sea and the Queen of Heaven, is:

a. wu wei.
b. Mazu.
c. the Earth God.
d. Yu Huang.


b. Mazu.

Analysis:
a, c & d. Incorrect. "Mother Ancestor," is the spirit of Lin Moniang, a young woman who lived on an island off the coast of China sometime during the Song dynasty (960–1279).
b. Correct. Mazu, "Mother Ancestor," is the Goddess of the Sea and the Queen of Heaven, and a leading divinity among Chinese peoples.

Philosophy & Belief

You might also like to view...

If you were concerned to clarify your career vocation options, what are some of the questions you might reasonably ask yourself in order to determine relevant information and deepen your understanding?

What will be an ideal response

Philosophy & Belief

Let the domain of interpretation be the set of all people; let S denote the class of scholars, A denote the class of athletes, and ...C__denote the binary relationship ...is more competitive than ___. The correct symbolization of "All athletes are more competitive than some scholar" is

a. (x)(?y)(Ax . Sy . xCy) b. (x)(y)((Ax . Sy) ?> xCy) c. (x)(Ax ?> (?y)(Sy . xCy)) d. None of these choices.

Philosophy & Belief

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Roman Empire in the first century?

a. combined elements of Greek and Roman philosophy and religion b. political instability c. wars between empires d. freedom from slavery

Philosophy & Belief

Respect for human dignity is a right due to all except convicted murderers

a. true b. false

Philosophy & Belief