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Huoling Shengmu, also known as Mother Fire Spirit, was a minor character in the classic Ming Dynasty novel 'Fengshen Yanyi'.<br/><br/> 'Fengshen Yanyi', sometimes also known as 'Fengshen Bang' and translated to 'Investiture of the Gods', was a 16th-century Ming Dynasty novel written by Xu Zhonglin and Lu Xixing, and is a dramatised and fictionalised story depicting the fall of the Shang Dynasty and the rise of the Zhou Dynasty. It contains various elements and characters from Chinese mythology and folklore, including deities, gods, immortals, spririts and demons. It consists of 100 chapters, and was first published in book form in the 1550s.
Xiwangmu, also known by many other local names and titles, is a major goddess in Chinese folk religion and mythology. Associated with eternal bliss, longevity and prosperity, worship of Xiwangmu may date back all the way to the 15th century BCE, though she is mainly associated with Taoism.<br/><br/> Xiwangmu is often portrayed holding court within her palace on the mythical Mount Kunlun, ruling over a paradise of immortals and deities, serving the 'Peaches of Immortality' to her guests. She plays only a minor role in 'Fengshen Yanyi', though her daughter Princess Longji plays a much more significant role.