Meaning of Ma Tsu | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of Matsu (goddess).

alt-of, alternative

Examples

“Similarly, Ma Tsu is revered because she protected immigrants in The Social Construction of Power.”

“After all, it was Koxinga who freed Taiwan from the rule of the barbarian Dutch, and Ma Tsu [Mazu] is vernerated for having aided him in this endeavour. Moreover, at local Ma Tsu [Mazu] temples in Taiwan, on frequently hears stories of how the goddess intervened to save people from the Japanese, head-hunting aborigines, floods and American bombs.”

“On the side street between Pacific and Jackson, this Taoist and Buddhist temple houses the Goddess Ma-Tsu, who looks after travelers and visitors.”

“I lit a fresh stick of incense in my altar to Ma Tsu the sea-goddess.”

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