Tien- Kou ORIGIN: China T’ien-kou literally translates as “Celestial Dog” and refers to two different but possibly related things: • T’ien-kou are shooting stars. • T’ien-kou are dreaded dog-shaped mountain Demons. T’ien-kou
Yaoji : Princess of the Flowery Clouds Yaoji, twenty-third and youngest Fairy daughter of Hsi Wang Mu, Queen Mother of the West, is among the primary Taoist goddesses. She has dominion over birth, sex, lust, life, death, healing, and dreams.
Chang Kuo Lao, one of the Eight Immortals, was a seventh- or eighth-century CE Taoist hermit. He developed a brilliant reputation as an alchemist, and so the emperor sought to have him
Chang’O, Lady – The Moon Lady Although other places describe a man in the moon, in Chinese cosmology, the moon is inhabited by Lady Chang’O, a beautiful, lonely woman. There are different
Huang Ti, the Yellow Emperor, unified China and taught the arts of civilization. Not everyone wanted to learn. Chi U is the chief of the Chinese shamanic pantheon replaced by Huang Ti.
The Eight Immortals are Taoist spirits who, though each also venerated separately, are venerated together as a group to reinforce each other and provide even greater inspiration, wisdom, healing, and protection, similar
Feng Popo – Madame Wind Feng Popo is the Chinese Mistress of the Winds. She manifests as an old lady who rides a tiger along a celestial road of clouds. The winds
Fu Xi invented all aspects of civilization, giving them to people as gifts. He is humanity’s first teacher. His inventions include astrology, agriculture, medicine, music, and writing. Fu Xi taught survival skills
Green Jade Mother – Lady of the Azure Clouds; Old Mother The Green Jade Mother is the Jade Emperor’s sister. They once ruled Heaven together; then they descended to Earth at T’ai
Han Hsiang-Tzu, one of the Eight Immortals, was the favourite student of another Immortal, Lu Tung-pin, and the nephew of famed scholar, statesman, and Neo-Confucianist, Han Yu (768–824 CE). Han Yu wanted
Nu Kua ALSO KNOWN AS: Nu Wa; Nu Gua ORIGIN: China Nu Kua, primordial female, was married to the primordial male, Fu Xi, but she was bored and lonely. To amuse herself,
Weaving Maiden The Spider Princess ALSO KNOWN AS: Zhi Nu ORIGIN: China Depending on the version of her myth, the Weaving Maiden is either the eldest or youngest of the Jade Emperor’s
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