Category: Chinese Mythology – Folklore – Legend

Lady White ALSO KNOWN AS: Madame White ORIGIN: China Lady White, a powerful thousand-year old snake goddess, decided to explore the human realm, in some…

The Lady of the Waterside presides over a celestial realm filled with flowers. Each flower is linked to a living woman. Alternately, one might say…

Lady of Lightning Golden Light; Saint Mother ORIGIN: China The Lady of Lightning, now also known as the Mother of Electricity presides over lightning, electricity,…

Lady Horsehead ORIGIN: China Before she was Lady Horsehead, this goddess was a young girl whose wealthy father was kidnapped by pirates. In response, she…

Lady Blue ALSO KNOWN AS: Madame Blue ORIGIN: China Lady Blue is the companion and servant of snake goddess, Lady White. Her name may be…

Kwan Kung ALSO KNOWN AS: Kuan Kung; Guan Gong; Guan Di; Quan Cong (Vietnamese) ORIGIN: China Kwan Kung is the Lord of War, a spirit…

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,…

A Ch’iang Shih is in Chinese folklore, a monster made of evil spirits and an unburied corpse, which comes to life and wreaks death and…