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God name
"Chang Fei"
China God of war and butchers. China
God name
"Chang Fei"
Chinese God of war. The counterpart of the god KUAN TI and often linked iconographically with him and the god LIU PEI, Chang Fei rules over the dark half of the year—autumn and Winter. Like the seasons he represents he is characterized by drunkenness and wildness. According to tradition he was wounded by his subordinates while in a drunken stupor. He is depicted with a black face, a bushy beard and wild staring eyes giving him a ferocious appearance....
God name
"Chang Hs'iien"
Chinese Guardian god of children. According to tradition he was the mortal king of Szechuan killed by the founder of the Sung dynasty. His wife was captured and forced to become a concubine in the imperial palace. She was discovered by the emperor kneeling before a picture of her deceased husband which she identified as a local deity, “the immortal Chang who gives children.” This triggered the cult which began locally in Szechuan circa AD 100. Chang Hs'ien is depicted holding a bow made of mulberry wood and either aiming an arrow at the star Tien Kou, the socalled celestial dog which threatens the earth, or aiming the empty bow at a rat (see ERH LANG)....
God name
"Chang Hsien"
China God of dreams and of pregnancy. China
God name
"Chang Pan"
China God of masons. China

"Chang Sien"
Chinese A divinity worshipped by women desirous of offspring. Chinese
God name
"Chang Tao Ling"
Taoist / Chan God of the afterlife and head of the heavenly Ministry of exorcism. Taoist / Chan
Spirit name
"Chang Tao Ling"
Taoist / Chinese God of the afterlife. The head of the heavenly Ministry of Exorcism, and allegedly the first head of the Taoist church. By tradition he vanquished the five poisonous ani mals—the centipede, scorpion, snake, spider and toad—placing their venom in a flask in which he concocted the elixir of life. Having drunk the contents at the age of 123, he ascended to heaven. He is depicted riding upon a tiger and brandishing a sword. Before the communist takeover of China, the gods of exorcism lived in a sanctuary on the dragon Tiger mountain in Kiangsi province. Exorcised spirits were trapped in jars which were stored in the cellars....
Goddess name
"Chang Xi"
China Goddess of the moon. China
Goddess name
"Chang Yong"
China Goddess of justice. China

"Changeling"
Greek A child, usually stupid and ugly, supposed to have been left by fairies in exchange for one taken. Sometimes, it is an old fairy or the båśtåřd children of water-nixies and human beings whom they have dragged under the sea. Hartland, Science of Fairy Tales
Goddess name
"Changing Woman"
Cherokee Goddess of the moon. Cherokee
God name
"Chango"
Africa A warrior god that Defense morals against enemies that want the land, wealth & women
Goddess name
"Chantico"
Aztec She is the goddess of hearth fires & volcanoes.
Goddess name
"Chantico (in the house)"
Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico Hearth goddess. A household guardian deity personi fied by hearth fires. One of the deities collectively clåśśed as the XIUHTECUHTLI complex....
God name
"Chao T'eng k'ang"
China God of the bowels China
Goddess name
"Chao san Niang"
China Goddess of wig salesmen China
God name
"Chaob"
Mayan The four wind gods. Mayan