Occupation: Queen of the Chinese Gods, Goddess of immortality

Legal Status: Citizen of Ta-Lo

Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of Hsi Wang Mu except as a mythological character.

Other Aliases: Queen Mother Wang, Lady Wang, Si Wang Mu, Wang Mu Niang niang, Weiwobo, Dou-Mi, Du-Ya, Queen Mother of the West, The Dark Lady, 

Place of Birth: Mount K'un L'un (Mount Uluz Muztagh near Barkhatu, China)

Marital Status: Married

Known Relatives: Ru Shou (possible father), Huang Fei Fu (possible mother), Chu Jung, Gong-Gung, Gou-Mang (possible uncles), Yen Lo Wang (possible brother), Yu Huang (husband), Ba Niang, Qi Gu Niang, Song Zi Niang, Wang Mu Niang, Meng Po Niang, Chih Nu Niang (daughters), Lei Kung (foster son), Er Lang (nephew),

Group Affiliations: The Gods of China

Base of Operations: Yao Chi in the realm of Ta-Lo

First Appearance: Thor #301

History: Hsi Wang Mu is a member of an extra-dimensional race of beings known as the Xian, who were once worshipped as gods in Ancient China. Not much is known about the Xian, but it believed they once lived on Earth as human beings and were ancestors of the ruling families of China, Korea and Indochina. They departed Earth during the rule of Emperor Yu Huang in the Twenty-Second Century BC for the extra-dimensional realm of Ta-Lo, linked to Earth by means of an access point somewhere near Mount K'un L'un in Western China.

There is not much known about Hsi Wang Mu's origins. She is native to the region of China including Mount K'un-L'un, ruled by Ru-Shou, the god of misfortune. Along with Gong-Gung, Chu Jung and Gou Mang, Ru Shou ruled one of the cardinal points of Western China with Gong-Gung to the North, Chu Jung to the South, Gou Mang to the East and Yuang-Shi at the center. These brothers were always at war with each other with a war between Gong Gung and Chu Jung shattering Mount Buzhou which resulting in a flood that covered China during the reign of Emperor Yao. Originally, Hsi Wang Mu was a goddess of plague and ruled over armies of demons, but the god Yu Huang took her as his wife, possibly to bring order amongst the quarreling Gods of China. By the First Century AD, Hsi Wang Mu was worshipped as a beautiful goddess ruling over a garden paradise. This garden bore once every three hundred years the P'an-t'ao or peaches of immortality which granted the Xian their immortality. Hsi Wang Mu granted an elixir made from the P'an-t'ao to Yi and Cheng-O to become gods, but Cheng-O drank the entire elixir than sharing it. Hsi Wang Mu later cast a spell which allowed Yi and Cheng-O to share their immortality with only one of them living in the heavens at a time while the other stayed behind on Earth.

With Yu Huang, Hsi Wang Mu sired several daughters known as the Jen Huang who served her as attendants. Under the religion of Taoism, she was worshipped under several names through the different houses and dynasties of Japan, but worship of the Chinese gods ended in China with the creation of a new Communist regime replacing the Imperial government. Around 1000 AD, Yu Huang had made a pact with the other rulers of the Earth's gods to discuss the threat of the Third Host of the Celestials threatening to sever the gods' relative access points with Earth. Hsi Wang Mu joined the mother-goddesses of these pantheons to create the Young Gods as proof of the potential of human beings.

Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 310 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black

Strength Level: Hsi Wang Mu possesses superhuman strength enabling her to lift (press) 25 tons under optimal conditions.

Known Superhuman Powers: Hsi Wang Mu possesses the conventional physical attributes of the Chinese gods. Like all of the Xian, she is exceptionally long-lived, but she is not immortal like the Gods of Olympus. She has aged at an extremely slow rate since reaching adulthood and cannot die by any conventional means. She is immune to all Earthly diseases and is resistant to conventional injury. If she were somehow wounded, her godly life force would enable her to recover with superhuman speed. It would take an injury of such magnitude that it dispersed a major portion of her bodily molecules to cause her a physical death. Even then, it might be possible for a god of significant power, such as Yu Huang or for a number of Chinese gods of equal power working together to revive her. Hsi Wang Mu also possesses superhuman strength and her Xian metabolism provides her with far greater than human endurance in all physical activities. (Xian flesh and bone is about three times as dense as similar human tissue, contributing to the superhuman strength and weight of the Chinese Gods.)

Hsi Wang Mu is also adept in tapping and manipulating mystical energies, but to an unknown extent. She can cast spells, creating and altering spells regarding the longevity spells of the peaches of immortality. In ancient times, she was capable of creating disease and plague and conjuring illness in mortals. These sicknesses could be cured by the P'an-t'ao. The full range of Hsi Wang Mu's mystical power is unrevealed.

Pets: Hsi Wang Mu sometimes rides upon a crane for transportation. She also used cranes to deliver messages to other Chinese gods.

Comments: Hsi Wang Mu is a very minor deity in the Marvel Universe; she has not yet been seen in the DC Universe.

Last updated: 06/26/12