Chinese goddess

It's been bugging me why I don't know why we are having all these lion dances and whatnot. I thought it might be for Kwan Yin, goddess of mercy.
Then the light went on: ask someone.
So I did.
The mini-festivities are in honour of Dao Ma.
Close, but no cigar.
Back home, a quick search finds this very useful Who's Who of Chinese gods and goddesses. Wherein is:

Goddess who supervises the register where all births and deaths are recorded. She is worshipped by those wishing a long life and personal compassion. Portrayed sitting on a lotus throne and has four heads, with three eyes in each, and eight arms.

No photo, yet. Meantime, the first line of one of Samuel Beckett's last poems, Imagination Imagine, although apropos of something else may help here: Imagine yes all this.