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List of Gods : "God Chinese" - 89 records

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Goddess name
"Tu (1)"
Chinese Chthonic earth goddess. A fertility spirit also identified as she who was invoked to bring good harvests by phallic-shaped mounds of earth left in the fields....
God name
"Tua Pek Kong"
Chinese One of the pantheon of Malaysian Chinese Gods.
Goddess name
"Tzu Sun Niangniang"
Chinese Mother goddess. One of the “nine dark ladies” of the pantheon who are regarded as having a protective role. She was the mortal wife of a minor official and, having borne him five sons and two daughters, committed suicide in order to ensure her future chastity. She is invoked at weddings to provide children, especially sons, and special cakes are eaten by the bride and groom. One of her more famous sanctuaries, on the island of Taiwan, is the Yin Yang Stone....
God name
"Wen-chang"
Chinese God of literature and writing. Chinese
God name
"Weng Shiang"
Taoist / Chinese God of literature. His name tablet hangs on the wall in many Chinese houses....
God name
"Wong Taisin (the great immortal Wong)"
Chinese God. Probably an incarnation or avatara of the god HUANG TI (the yellow emperor), he is considered benevolent. Closely åśśociated with a district in Kowloon which is named after him. His cult arrived in Hong Kong in 1915 from Kwangtung in the form of a painting brought by a man and his son. It was installed in a small temple in Wanchai. In 1921 a larger sanctuary was built, from public funds, facing the sea and backed by Lion Rock....
Goddess name
"Xi He"
Chinese Goddess of Light and Mother of the Ten Suns. Chinese
Goddess name
"Xi Shi"
Chinese Beautiful Goddess of Face Creams, Cosmetics and Perfumes. Chinese
Goddess name
"Xi-Wang-mu"
Chinese Goddess of immortality. Chinese
Goddess name
"Xiwangmu"
Chinese The Daoist Goddess of Immortality, owner of the heavenly Peach Garden, and the queen of Paradise. Chinese
Goddess name
"Yen Kuang Niang Niang"
Chinese Mother goddess. One of a group of “nine dark ladies” who have a protective function. She cures the eye disease ophthalmia....
Supreme god name
"Yu Huang Shang Ti"
Taoist / Chinese Supreme god. He achieved paramount prominence during the Sung Dynasty and the Jade Emperor is his earthly, mortal incarnation. As a deity he is remote and out of touch with ordinary people. No iconography is applied to him and he has no physical description. He engendered the universe from chaos and is the unifying principle of the cosmos which is perceived to be divided into thirty-six heavens above the earth. Also SHANG TI; Shang Di....
God name
"Yu Shih"
Taoist / Chinese Rain god. The so-called “master of the Rain,” he provides Rain to ripen the harvest....
God name
"Yu-Chiang"
Chinese God of ocean winds. He is depicted with the body of a bird and a human face....
God name
"Yu-ti"
Taoist / Chinese sky god. The title by which the “Jade Emperor,” the most senior deity in the Taoist pantheon, is commonly known. He emerges as a deity circa AD 1000-1100 during the Sung Dynasty. The Chinese emperor is his earthly and more accessible incarnation.See also Yu HUANG SHANG TT....
God name
"Zhang Guo-lao"
Taoist / Chinese God. One of the “eight immortals” of Taoist mythology. Once mortal beings, they achieved immortality through their lifestyle. According to tradition, Zhang Guo-lao was a bat before he took human form. Attributes include a bamboo drum and sticks and his attendant animal is an åśś.See also BA XIAN....
God name
"Zhong-li Quan"
Taoist / Chinese God. One of the “eight immortals” of Taoist mythology. Once mortal beings, they achieved immortality through their lifestyle. Attributes include a fan.See also BA XIAN....
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