Bai Suzhen (Chinese: 白素貞), also known as Bai Niang Zi (Chinese: 白娘子, "White Lady"), was a snake demon who sought to become a goddess in the Chinese Legend of the White Snake. She fell in love with a human man and sought to marry him, but was sealed away in a deep well at the Leifang Pagoda. Her appearance and demeanor varies from monstrous and savage to kind and gentle in various retellings of the story.
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