Category: Chinese Mythology – Folklore – Legend

Tzu Ku is queen of the outhouse and pigpen. She is theoretically the lady of the modern bathroom too, except that it’s not exactly the same. Her tra…

T’ou Chen Niang Niang Lady of the Thousand Flowers ORIGIN: China The reference to the thousand flowers may sound romantic, but T’ou Chen Niang Niang…

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’ai Shan, Lady Of Princess of the Azure Clouds; Holy Mother; Green Jade Mother; Daughter of Heaven; Daughter of the Mountain ALSO KNOWN AS: Bixia…

T’ai Shan, Lord Of Emperor of the Eastern Peak ORIGIN: China The Lord of T’ai Shan is the presiding spirit of T’ai Shan in Shantung…

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…

Bao Gu Lady Bau; Lady Doctor ALSO KNOWN AS: Bao Ku ORIGIN: China Bao Gu’s father, a high-ranking Taoist magistrate, raised his daughter in a…

Chung-Li Chuan ALSO KNOWN AS: Zhong Li-Quan ORIGIN: China Chung-li Ch’uan, Chief of the Eight Immortals, allegedly lived during the Chou Dynasty (1122–249 BCE). A…

Chieh Lin The Old Man of the Moon ORIGIN: China Chinese folklore has a woman in the moon, but there is an old man, too.…

Chan, Lady Lady of Birth ALSO KNOWN AS: Ji Sung Niang Niang ORIGIN: China Lady Chan, divine midwife, rules the birth process. She protects pregnant…