娥皇女英，又称皇英。长曰娥皇，次曰女英，是中国古代神话传说中帝尧的两个女儿，姐妹同嫁帝舜为妻。她们有一个共同的亲生儿子商均。舜父顽，母嚚，弟劣，曾多次欲置舜于死地，终因娥皇女英助之而脱险。舜继尧位，娥皇女英之其妃，后舜至南方巡视，死于苍梧。二妃往寻，得知舜帝已死，埋在九嶷山下，抱竹痛哭，泪染青竹，泪尽而死，因称“潇湘竹”或“湘妃竹”。自秦汉时起，湘江之神湘君与湘夫人的爱情神话，被演变成舜与娥皇、女英的传说。后世因附会称二女为“湘夫人”。
娥皇、女英神话故事具有着深远的文化渊源，即母神崇拜。
The myth of Ehuang and Nüying has its profound cultural origin: the worship of motherly goddess.
帝尧听说舜非常孝顺，有处理政事的才干，把两个女儿娥皇和女英嫁给他；
Emperor Yao heard that Shun was a filial son with the talents of dealing with political affairs, and married off his two daughters, Ehuang and Nvying, to Shun.
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