《太平广记·卷四百七十九·昆虫七》
道观佛寺中都塑了一个女子的神像，身披马皮，称她为马头娘，向她祈祷蚕桑的事。
宫观诸化，塑女子之像，披马皮，谓之马头娘，以祈蚕桑焉。
In Taoist temples and Buddhist temples, there is a statue of a female god, wearing a horse skin and called the "Horse Head Mother". People pray to her about silkworms and mulberry trees.