Budai |
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bringer of contentment; aka
Hotei and Pu-Tai
Meaning: cloth sack |
Cai Shen |
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god of wealth
Meaning: cloth sack |
Changxi |
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Moon goddess;
wife of Di Jun |
Daode Tianzun |
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one of the Three Pure Ones |
Di Jun |
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god of agriculture; emperor and husband of Changxi
and Xihe |
Dragon King |
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ruler of the ocean |
Erlang Shen |
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god with a third truth-seeing eye |
Fei Lian |
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god of the wind |
Gun |
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demi-god who made dykes to control the Great Flood; father of
Yu the Great |
Houyi |
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god of archery; husband of Chang'e |
Kui Xing |
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god of examinations |
Lei Gong |
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god of thunder
Meaning: duke of thunder |
Lingbao Tianzun |
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one of the Three Pure Ones |
Pa-Cha |
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god who protects farmers against locusts |
Pangu |
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first man on earth |
Qi (Houji) |
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legendary cultural hero who introduced millet to mankind during
the Xia Dynasty
Meaning: lord of millet |
Shang Di |
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supreme sky god (aka Tai Di and Tian Di) |
Taizu |
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high god
Meaning: grand progenitor |
Tu Di Gong |
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god of fortune and virtue |
Wenchang Wang |
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god of culture and literature |
Wu-Gong |
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Moon god |
Xihe |
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Sun goddess;
wife of Di Jun |
Xuan Wu |
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god of elements and magic
Meaning: dark or mysterious warrior |
Yama |
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god of the underworld |
Ying-Hua |
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god of war (Mars) |
Yao |
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divine; son of god (Jupiter) |
Yu Di |
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ruler of heaven
Meaning: jade emperor |
Yu Shi |
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god of rain |
Yuanshi Tianzun |
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one of the Three Pure Ones |
Zao Jun |
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kitchen god |
Zhong Kui |
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vanquisher of evil beings and ghosts |
Zhu Rong |
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god of fire and the south |