| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Cihuacoatl-Quilaztli" | Aztec / Mesomerican / Mexico | Creator goddess. Using a magical vessel, she grinds bone fragments obtained from previous generations of mankind in earlier world ages into a powder. The gods then commit self-sacrifice, allowing their blood to drip into the vessel. From the resulting mix, the human race of the fifth Sun is formed.... |
| Goddess name "Chicomecohuati" | Aztec / post Mesoamerican | Maize goddess. [Mexico]. Her festival was held in September when a young girl was sacrificed having taken on the role of the deity for a period of time during the celebrations. She was decapitated on a heap of maize fruits and her blood was collected in a large bowl before being poured over a wooden figurine of the goddess. Finally the victim's skin was flayed off and worn by a dancing priest.See also XILONEN.... |
| God name "Tonatiuh/ Pilzintecutli" | Aztec / Nahua | The Sun god & a god of war |
| God name "Ch'eng Huang" | China | God of the land, ditches, moats and the people. China |
| God name "Chin hua Niang niang" | China | God of drums and violins China |
| Goddess name "Chuang Mu" | China | Goddess of the bedroom China |
| God name "Hsuan Wen hua" | China | God of hair, hairdressers, shampoo and hair moisturisers. |
| God name "Huan Yang ch'ang" | China | God of the heart. China |
| God name "Huang Fei-hu" | China | Originally an earth god who was promoted to the god Tai mountain eastern China and he now judges the souls of the dead when they come to his mountain. China |
| God name "Huang Ti" | China | God of architecture and Astral god, some myths relate that Huang-ti manufactured and used "miraculous tripods" which were made in the "likeness of the Great Infinite," Tao, the concealed engine of the Universe. He also invented the compåśś. China |
| God name "Huang T'ing" | China | The Star God of Civil Virtue. China |
| God name "T'ao Hua Hsiennui" | China | This goddes guardian deity as well as the deity of the second spring month |
| God name "Wu-tai Yuan-shuai" | China | God of musicians. China |
| God name "Yu Huang Shang Ti" | China | Yu Huang Shang Ti, God China |
| Goddess name "Ba (1)" | Chinese | Goddess of drought. She is identified in some texts as the daughter of the god HUANG TI.... |
| 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 "Huang Ti" | Chinese | Astral god. Allegedly a deified emperor, the so-called yellow emperor, who rules the moving as distinct from dark heavens, the latter being presided over by the god PAK TAI. He is attributed with giving mankind the wheel.... |
| 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.... |
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