The Seven Fairy Maidens are the daughters of Xiwangmu, celestial attendants at her court who descend to earth in folk tradition — the youngest, Zhinu, was banished to the far side of the Milky Way for falling in love with a mortal cowherd.
Zhinu, the Weaver Girl, is the youngest of the Seven Fairy Maidens — the one who descended to bathe in a mortal stream, married the cowherd Niulang, and was separated from him by her mother's river of stars.
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