Mẫu Địa Tiên (Chữ Hán: 母地仙, Mother Goddess of Earth) (not to be mistaken with Quảng Cung or Phật Mẫu Diêu Trì), Mẫu Địa (Chữ Hán: 母地) also known as Mẫu Địa Phủ or Lục Cung Thánh Mẫu (Chữ Hán: 陆宮聖母) is one of the Mother Goddesses in Đạo Mẫu (Mother Goddess religion), an indigenous religion of Vietnam. She governs the Earth Palace, one of the Four Palaces which otherwise include Heaven Palace, Mountains and Forests Palace and Water Palace.
The devotees of Đạo Mẫu believe that Mother Goddess Liễu Hạnh is Mẫu Địa Tiên herself. As the representative of Mẫu Thiên Tiên (Mother Goddess of Heaven) on Earth and Mẫu Địa Tiên, she is the primary goddess of Đạo Mẫu.
Because Mẫu Địa Phủ governs the Earth Palace, she is associated with the token color of yellow. Each palace has a representative color. Red is Mẫu Thượng Thiên, Green is Mẫu Thượng Ngàn, White is Mẫu Thoải and Yellow is Mẫu Địa Tiên.[1][2]
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- ^ Barley Norton Songs for the Spirit: Music and Mediums in Modern Vietnam - Page 60 2009 "These four palaces, which are associated with different colors, can be represented as follows: Sky Palace (Thien Phu) Water Palace (Thoai Phu) Mountains and Forests Palace (Nhac Phu) Earth Palace (Dia Phu) Figure 2.2."
- ^ Karen Fjelstad, Thị Hiền Nguyễn Possessed by the Spirits: Mediumship in Contemporary Vietnamese ... - Page 62 2006 "The four palaces are the Water Palace (Thoai Phu), the Sky Palace (Thien Phu), Mountains and Forest Palace (Nhac Phu), and the Earth Palace (Dia Phu). See Ngo Duc Thinh's essay, "The Mother Goddess Religion," in this volume for more ..."