God of Madam Mom,Yuan-Di Temple, Tsoying

The belief of God of Madam Mom(GMM 夫人媽) is rare documented on literature. There are many gods of female in Taiwan's traditional religion such as Ma-Chu(媽祖), Guan Yin(觀音), Mdm. of Birth(註生娘娘)....etc., and the God of Madam Mom is only at Tsoying(?), exclusively. According to Prof.Liu,C-W., GMM is a female Wan-Ya, a female HM, and must call her Her Majesty,no familial name yet.Here are some of GMM's photos. The birthday is on lunar Jan. 20. It is said that the temple was belonging to GMM initially, then comes HM Chu, and lately GOP( God of Polar ). For the power of god's authority, the GMM let the GOP to be the chief god of this templeand GMM move to left side( 左青龍 the first associated god) and change the name as Yuan-Di Temple about 1666 A.D. 左營元帝廟內供奉之夫人媽 在台灣民間信仰中 是少見之神祇 根據劉枝萬先生之考證 ( 台灣民間信仰論集 聯經出版社)夫人媽之神格 約相當於女性的王爺 職司摘奸發伏 驅疫逐癘 似今日之司法官 左營元帝廟原祀夫人媽為主神 始建於公元1666年 後來 由於 北極玄天上帝奉旨為主神 因此 遷夫人媽於青龍邊(左) 以示尊重也 這樣的規格 也是傳統信仰的人情味顯現