Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Pantao" | Taoist | The peach of immortality that grew in the garden of Hsi wang mu, "Queen Mother of the West". When the fruit ripened every 3,000 years, the event was celebrated by a sumptuous banquet attended by the Pa Hsien the "Eight Immortals". Taoist |
"Shang Kbo-SLao" | Taoist / Chinese | Immortal being. One of the eight immortals of Taoist mythology, tradition has it that he was embodied as a bat which achieved immortality in human form. His sacred animal is an åśś. Attributes include drum and drumsticks.See also BA XIAN.... |
God name "Shang Ti" | Taoist / Chinese | Creator god. See also YU HUANG SHANG TI.... |
God name "Shang Ti/ Yu Hwang-Shang" | China / Taoist | He is a creator god |
"Shong Li-Kuan" | Taoist / Chinese | Immortal being. One of the eight immortals of Taoist mythology, he was once a mortal being who achieved immortality through his lifestyle. Attributes include a fan which he waves over the dead to revive them.See also BA XIAN.... |
Demon name "Shong-Kui" | Taoist / Chinese | God of literature. According to tradition he committed suicide when he failed in his examinations. Also a guardian deity against demons, his attribute is a sword.... |
Deity name "T'ai-I Tien-Tsun" | Taoist | The Celestial Worthy of the Great Unity. Taoist deity that helps devotees to achieve immortality. |
God name "T'ien Tsun" | Taoist | Applied as a title descriptive of high rank to various star gods. Taoist |
God name "T'rmi Tsui (heavenly and honored)" | Taoist / Chinese | Generic title of gods. The name given to each of the three holy images in a Taoist temple: the perfect holy one, the highest holy one and the greatest holy one. Also Tian-zhu.... |
"Tai Yi Jiu Ku Tian Cun" | Taoist | Tai Yi Jiu Ku Tian Cun, one of the highest rulers in the 10-stage Taoist Hell. Upon death, all human souls must appear before him to be sentenced. Taoist |
God name "Tien Tsun/ Tian-zhu" | China / Taoist | The generic title of gods given to each of the three holy images in a Taoist temple |
God name "Weng Shiang" | Taoist / Chinese | God of literature. His name tablet hangs on the wall in many Chinese houses.... |
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-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.... |