Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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King name "Erh Lang (master)" | Chinese | Tutelary deity. Associated with a celestial dog, Erh Lang was once honored with a sanctuary in Beijing (Peking). According to tradition he and the dog saved the city from flooding. His attributes include a bow which he is depicted drawing, and arrows. The dog may be replaced by a rat, in which case the arrows are not included. The rat is a sign of impending wealth and therefore the drawing of an empty bow at the rat is a sign which invokes wealth of children.... |
God name "Fan K'uei" | China | God of butchers. China |
God name "Fei Lien" | China | A demigod, one of the Counts of the winds. China |
God name "Fei Lien/ Fewi Lian/ Feng Bo" | China | A god of the wind |
Goddess name "Feng Pho Pho" | China | A goddess of the winds |
God name "Feng Po" | China | A sky god of the wind |
God name "Feng Po" | Chinese | sky god. Described as the Count of the wind, which he releases from a sack, he has strong links with the sea. He was originally regarded as malevolent and the antagonist of the god Shen Yi. Feng Po may be depicted in human form as an old man with a white beard, or in the guise of a dragon with the head of a bird or a deer. Also Fei Lian; Fei Lien; Feng Bo.... |
Goddess name "Feng Po Po" | China | Goddess of the wind and embodies the elements of air and water. China |
God name "Fengbo" | China | Another god of the wind |
"Fo" | China | Name for Buddha China |
God name "Fu Hsi" | China | God of fishing nets,vegetation, of happiness and the inventor of writing. China |
Spirit name "Fu Hsing" | China | He was considered a spirit of happiness |
God name "Fu Shen" | China | God of happiness. China |
God name "Fu Shen" | Chinese | God of luck. He is often linked in iconography with TSAI SHEN, god of wealth, and SHOU LAO, god of longevity. Usually depicted with his son, and wearing blue robes, which sig nify his official position.... |
God name "Fu-His" | China | God of Agriculture / vegetation and inventor of writing. China |
God name "Fu-Hsing" | China | God of happiness and bat. In charge of destiny, fate, love, happiness, and success. China |
Deities name "Fukurokuju" | Shinto / Japan | God of luck. One of seven deities in Shintoism concerned with fortune. He is allegedly a Chinese hermit who lived during the Sung dynasty and whose name means happiness, wealth and longevity. He is depicted as a little old man, bald and with a prominent high forehead. He carries a Book of sacred teachings tied to his staff. Other occasional attributes include a crane, deer or tortoise.... |
God name "Gao Yao" | China | God of judgment China |