Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Whanin" | Korea | The creator god whose son, Whanung, was sent to earth accompanied by three celestial helpers of wind, cloud and Rain. Whanung descended from heaven to Mt. Taebaksan and named it the City of God. Korea |
God name "Wonekau" | New Guinea | The all-seeing and all-hearing supreme celestial god. New Guinea |
Spirit name "Xian" | Chinese | A spiritually immortal, transcendent and super-human celestial being. Chinese |
God name "Yayutsi" | Siberia | After ascending through several heavens in visionary consciousness, the shaman converses with the creator god Yayutsi and also bows before the moon and Sun in turn. Finally, at the celestial abode of bai Ulgan, the shaman learns details of future weather patterns and the outcome of the harvest. The shaman then collapses in a state of ecstatic release. The Altai, Siberia |