Yaoji descended to earth and married the mortal scholar Yang Tianyou, bearing Erlang Shen and Sanshengmu, a forbidden union that led to her imprisonment beneath Mount Tao by the Jade Emperor.
⚠ Erlang Shen’s parentage varies across traditions. The Baolianzhuanji names Yaoji and Yang Tianyou; the Journey to the West calls his mother the Jade Emperor’s sister without naming his father; some Sichuan traditions identify him as the son of the historical Li Bing.
Erlang Shen cleaved open Mount Tao with his axe to rescue his mother Yaoji, who had been imprisoned there by the Jade Emperor for her forbidden union with a mortal.
The Jade Emperor imprisoned his sister Yaoji beneath Mount Tao for her forbidden union with the mortal Yang Tianyou, as told in the legend of Erlang Shen.
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