He Xian-gu

Immortal being. Taoist (Chinese). One of the “eight immortals” of Taoist mythology, she was once a mortal being who achieved immortality through her lifestyle. The tutelary goddess of housewives and the only female deity among the group. Attributes include a ladle, lotus and peach fruit.

 

Greenmantle

by Blair Colquhoun

 
According to Ojibway mythology, Greenmantle was the daughter of an Ojibway chief. She was captured by the Sioux when they invaded the Thunder Bay, Ontario, area, over a hundred years ago. She was taken prisoner and forced by the Sioux to lead them to the Ojibway encampment. Pretending to betray her tribe, she leads them over Kekabeka Falls, instead, and escapes to warn her people.

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