Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Akongo" | Ngombe | Supreme and creator god. Ngombe |
God name "Akongo" | Ngombe / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Creator god. The supreme deity considered to have given the world, and all that is in it, form and substance.... |
Goddess name "Hoy Kong" | China | A goddess of Ursa Minor |
Goddess name "Kongde" | China | Goddess of justice China |
Goddess name "Kongsim" | Korea | Goddess of healing Korea |
Goddess name "Kongsim" | Korean | Goddess of healing. Korean |
God name "Lu Pan" | Chinese | God of artisans. The deity concerned with builders, bricklayers, housepainters and carpenters. He is particularly revered in Hong Kong. According to tradition he was born in 606 BC in the kingdom of Lu, where he became a skilled carpenter. He turned into a recluse on the Li Shan mountain, where he perfected his skills. He is said to have constructed the palace of the queen of the western heaven. Because of his powers he was murdered. He is also an invoker of harmonious relationships. His festival takes place on the thirteenth day of the sixth month, when the Rains are due. Attributes include a set square and carpenter's plane. He is also depicted with an ax, the symbol of a marriage go-between.... |
God name "Lubangala" | Bakongo / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Rainbow god. The chief adversary of the storm god. He stills the thunder and makes his appearance in the sky. Considered to be the guardian of the earth and sea, including the village and its community.... |
God name "Lubangala Bakongo" | Zaire | God of the Rainbow Zaire |
God name "Nazambi/ Nyambi/ Nzambe/ Yambe/ Zambi Bakongo" | Zaire | The creator god |
God name "Nzambi" | Bakongo / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Creator god. He created the first mor tal pair or, in alternative tradition, an androgy nous being in the guise of a palm tree called Muntu Walunga (the complete person). He also endowed this being with intelligence. In wooden sculptures the tree bears a woman's head and breast on one side and a bearded face on the other. Eventually the tree divided into two sepa rate sexes. Also Nyambi; Nzambe; Yambe; Zambi.... |
Goddess name "Pali Kongju" | Korea | Goddess of healing who rescues souls from the clutches of brutal guards of Hell. Korea |
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 "Sun Hou-Shi/ Sun Wu-Kong" | China | The monkey god |
God name "Tam Kung" | Chinese | Local sea god. A deity with control over Rain and water and who extinguishes fires. His worship is restricted to a coastal region between Hong Kong and Macau. According to tradition he was an eight-year-old boy emperor, the last of the Sung Dynasty, who committed suicide by jumping over a cliff in the face of Kublai Khan's advance in AD 1276. His attendant is Ho Wang, who joined him in death. A sanctuary in Coloane Town in Macau, sited at the end of a narrow peninsula, is dedicated to him.... |
God name "Tua Pek Kong" | Chinese | One of the pantheon of Malaysian Chinese Gods. |
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.... |