Xi Wangmu

Xi Wang Mu is a demon appearing in the Shin Megami Tensei series.

Appearances

 * Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers: Jiboshin Clan as Seioubo
 * Persona 2: Eternal Punishment Empress Arcana
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey: Lady Race

History
Xi Wangmu (Queen Mother of the West) or Seioubo in Japan, is an ancient Chinese goddess, also known in Japan and Korea. She had a human form with the a leopards tail, tigers teeth and wore a jade tiara. She had three azure birds in charge that tended to her needs by bringing her food and nourishment. In early Chinese mythology she was the goddess of diseases, calamities and slaughter. She would later gain immortality and enlightenment through cultivating the Dao and became one of the highest dieties worshipped in the Taoist pantheon. She took her throne on Mount Kunlun and became the the goddess of immortality guarding the Taozi (Peaches of Immortality).

Numerous rulers through out China have legends and folklore attributed to them on how they went to her hoping to learn the secrets of immortality on to fail in the end. The most famous of which is King Mu of the Zhou Dynasty whom she took in as a pupil and lover for a short period of time but like all the other King Mu was unable to gain immortality. She would reach the heigt of her popularity during the Tang Dynasty where numerous cults centered around her sprung up and she became the subject of many literary works.

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
"An ancient Chinese goddess who ruled over the Kunlun mountains. She was worshipped during the Han Dynasty. She looks like a human, but is said to have the teeth of a tiger and tail of a leopard. She kept the peaches of immortality, which Wu Kong stole and ate." - Strange Journey Compendium