Mẫu Địa Tiên (

Chữ Hán Chữ Hán (𡨸漢, literally "Chinese characters", ), Chữ Nho (𡨸儒, literally "Confucian characters", ) or Hán tự (漢字, ), is the Vietnamese term for Chinese characters, used to write Văn ngôn (which is a form of Classical Chinese ...

: 母地仙, Mother Goddess of Earth) (not to be mistaken with Quảng Cung or Phật Mẫu Diêu Trì), Mẫu Địa (

: 母地) also known as Mẫu Địa Phủ or Lục Cung Thánh Mẫu (

: ) is one of the Mother Goddesses in

Đạo Mẫu Đạo Mẫu (, ) is the worship of mother goddesses which was established in Vietnam in the 16th century. While scholars like Ngô Đức Thịnh propose that it represents a systematic worship of mother goddesses, Đạo Mẫu draws together f ...

(Mother Goddess religion), an indigenous religion of Vietnam. She governs the Earth Palace, one of the

Four Palaces Four Palaces (Tiếng Việt: ; Chữ Hán: ) is a major denomination of the Mother Goddess religion, an indigenous polytheistic religion in Vietnam. This branch is popular in the North of Vietnam and has a profound association with the worship ...

which otherwise include Heaven Palace, Mountains and Forests Palace and Water Palace. The devotees of Đạo Mẫu believe that Mother Goddess

Liễu Hạnh Princess Liễu Hạnh ( vi, Liễu Hạnh Công chúa, chữ Hán: 柳杏公主) is one of The Four Immortals in Vietnamese folk religion, and also a leading figure in the mother goddess cult Đạo Mẫu, in which she governs the celestial re ...

is Mẫu Địa Tiên herself. As the representative of Mẫu Thiên Tiên (Mother Goddess of Heaven) on Earth and Mẫu Địa Tiên, she is the primary goddess of Đạo Mẫu. Because Mẫu Địa Phủ governs the Earth Palace, she is associated with the token color of yellow. Each palace has a representative color.Karen Fjelstad, Thị Hiền Nguyễn Possessed by the Spirits: Mediumship in Contemporary Vietnamese ... - Page 62 2006 "The four palaces are the Water Palace (Thoai Phu), the Sky Palace (Thien Phu), Mountains and Forest Palace (Nhac Phu), and the Earth Palace (Dia Phu). See Ngo Duc Thinh's essay, "The Mother Goddess Religion," in this volume for more ..."

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