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Jiang Ziya Refusing to Deify His Nagging Ex-Wife, Making Her the Goddess of Broom

🐉 Chinese MythologyMount Qi, Shaanxi, ChinaJiang Ziya • Lady Ma • King Wen of Zhou

After leading the Zhou army to victory against the Shang Dynasty and receiving the mandate to deify the fallen heroes, the strategist Jiang Ziya is confronted by the ghost of his ex-wife, Lady Ma, who had abandoned him during his years of poverty. Despite her demands for a high celestial rank, Jiang Ziya appoints her as the Broom Star, the deity of misfortune and bad luck, symbolizing her...