Category: Chinese Mythology – Folklore – Legend

Chih Nu In Chinese mythology, the goddess of weavers. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by Anthony S. Mercatante &…

Ch’ih Ching-tzu (son of red essence, red spirit) In Chinese mythology, the spirit of fire, who made himself clothes from red leaves. He is one…

Ch’en Nan : In Chinese legend, a sage who had the power to cause rain; he lived 1,350 years, mostly on dogs’ flesh. Once, passing…

Cheng San-kung In Chinese legend, a deified mortal honoured as patron god of fishermen. Cheng San-kung, Hou Erh-kung, and Keng Ch’i-kung all fished together, as…

Chang Hsien (Chang the immortal) In Chinese mythology, a deified mortal, patron god of childbearing, often portrayed as an old man. He holds in his…

Chang Chiu : In Chinese legend, a deified Taoist sage who wore thin, unlined clothes, even in the depths of winter. Once Chang Chiu was…

Huang Fei-hu (‘yellow flying tiger’) Known also, in abbreviated form, as Fei. A Chinese god, lord of the sacred mountain of Tai Shan, in eastern…

Heng E (Change-e) Chinese goddess of the moon, a younger sister of the river god →He Bo. After stealing the pill of immortality from her…

Chinese god of war, patron of literature and protector of trade and merchants. In the Manchu dynasty he was particularly venerated because of his warlike…

Cao Guo-Jiu is the most recent addition to the party of spirits known as the Eight Immortals. There are strikingly different versions of how he…