Editing Chinese mythology (section)

=====Magu=====
[[File:Dish with Magu, deity of longevity, China, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, Qing dynasty, approx. 1700-1800 AD, porcelain with overglaze polychrome - Asian Art Museum of San Francisco - DSC01663.JPG|thumb|Dish with Magu, deity of longevity, China, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, Qing dynasty, approx. 1700–1800 AD, porcelain with overglaze polychrome]]
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Magu is a legendary [[Taoist]] [[Xian (Taoism)|''xian'']] (transcendent"), still currently worshiped. Magu is associated with the [[elixir of life]], and is a symbolic protector of females in Chinese mythology. Stories in [[Chinese literature]] describe Magu as a beautiful young woman with long birdlike fingernails, while early myths associate her with caves. Magu's name literally compounds two common [[Chinese language|Chinese]] words: ''ma'' "cannabis; hemp" and ''gu'' "aunt; maid".