| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"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 "Shei Nuig" | Chinese | God of Agriculture. Known as the Divine farmer. According to tradition, during his lifetime he invented the plough and taught basic Agriculture and the use of herbs. In a more destructive aspect, he is also the god of the hot winds. He is depicted with the head of an ox and is regarded by some authors as a successor to NU KUA. Also Shen Nong.... |
"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.... |
| God name "Shou Lao" | Chinese | God of longevity. He originates as an astral deity but comes to head the heavenly ministry responsible for setting the span of a person's life. He is also known as Nan-ji Hsian Weng, the ancient of the South Pole. His sacred animal is the crane, embodiment of long life.... |
| God name "Shou-Hsing" | Chinese | Chinese god of long life and old age. He was the keeper of the Book with the life spans of men. |
| God name "Shui-Khan" | Chinese | Chinese god who defends men against evil and forgives their wrongdoings. |
| Goddess name "Sitatara (the white Tara')" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Goddess. Of mild disposition, she is regarded as one of the forms of the goddess TARA and an emanation of AMOGHASIDDHI or VAIROCANA. In later times she became identified as a female variety of AVALOKITESVARA PADMAPANI. By tradition she is the incarnation of a Chinese princess. Color: white. Attributes: arrow, blue or white lotus, bow, image of Amoghasiddhi, jewel, moon disc and rosary. Threeor seven-eyed.... |
| God name "Sun Hou-Shi" | Chinese | Monkey god. He emerged from a cosmic egg conceived out of emptiness and engendered by the wind; he provides various arts and skills to mankind. According to tradition he discovered the elixir of immortality in a fruit which he consumed. Also Sun Wu-Kong.... |
| God name "Suzaku" | Chinese | One of four occult Chinese gods, in the form of a red phoenix he rules over the element of fire. |
| God name "T'ai Shai" | Chinese | God. The senior deity in the heavenly ministries, he is the immediate controller of the earth and mankind. Titled the god of the eastern peak. Also Di Zang.... |
| Planet name "T'ai Yi" | Chinese | Primordial god. The spirit of the universe who was present before the cosmos was created and who is known as the great unity. During the Sung Dynasty (AD 960-1279) he was elevated to the head of the ranks of astral gods and he is embodied in the Pole Star, otherwise identified in Chinese mythology as the Purple Planet.... |
| Goddess name "T'ao Hua Hiiinnui (peach blossom girl)" | Chinese | Goddess. The spirit of the peach blossom and the deity of the second spring month.... |
| Spirit name "T'ien" | Chinese | heaven, the abode of the ancestors; when applied to the human being, spirit. Chinese |
| 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.... |
| God name "Tai Shan" | Chinese | God who is the ruler of the Seventh Court of Feng-Du, the Chinese Hell. |
| Planet name "Tai-Sui-Jing" | Chinese | God of temporal time. The apotheosis of the planet Jupiter which orbits the Sun in a twelve-year cycle.... |
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