"In the south of the West Sea, on the bank of the Sandy River, in back of the Red Water and in front of the Black Water, there is a great mountain named Kunlun. On this mountain, there is a deity with a human face and a tiger body, and the body has white stripes and a tail. This deity wears a Xing (jade flower) and has tigher teeth and a leopard tail. She swells in a cave and her name is Xiwangmu (Queen Mother of the West). Everything is in this mountain."
Master Zhongxian Wu, Vital Breath of the Dao
This is the first time I had found a reference to the Queen Mother of the West as being pictured with the body of a Tigress.
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