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| 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-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 "Zemepatis" | Pre - Christian Lithuanian | Chthonic god. A tutelary deity of farmers and guardian of cattle.... |
| Goddess name "Zemyna" | Pre - Christian Lithuanian | Chthonic goddess. A deity with responsibility for vegetation andcrops. She was invoked at sowing and harvesting times.... |
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