Fan-Wang

Fan-Wang In Chinese mythology, a creator god who hatched the universe from a cosmic egg. Fan-Wang is also found in Chinese Buddhist mythology, not, however, as a creator god (which Buddhism does not have) but as a deity inferior to anyone who is on his way to Buddhahood.

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Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by Anthony S. Mercatante & James R. Dow
Copyright © 2009 by Anthony S. Mercatante