Magu Offers Longevity

The Goddess Who Saw Seas Become Fields

Fairy Magu brings wine and lingzhi to the Queen Mother, having thrice seen the sea turn to fields.

Magu is the Daoist immortal who has seen the Eastern Sea turn to mulberry fields and back again three times — proof that even oceans age. On the Queen Mother of the West’s birthday she brings wine brewed from magic mushrooms, and the image of Magu offering the cup becomes the standard picture of a birthday wish. To say “Magu presents her offerings” is to wish someone the patience of the sea and the luck of the immortals.