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Kuimulang appears in Chinese mythology and literature, notably in the novels Journey to the West and Fengshen Yanyi. He is linked to a historical figure called Ma Wu , a general who hailed from the town of Huyang in Tanghe, located in the Henan province .
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Chuángshén (床神 "Bed God") is the Chinese deity of the bedchamber. It articulates in a couple of male and female deities: Chuángmǔ (床母 "Bed Mother") and her husband, Chuánggōng (床公 "Bed Lord"). [1] They look after the bedroom in all aspects, including sleep, sex, childbirth, recovery from illness, and rest. [2] [3]
Liu Shouhua, a professor at the Chinese Culture Department at the East China Normal University, read the ballad and believed that the Epic of Darkness may represent the Han Chinese creation myth that has been handed down in oral form. [1] Yuan Ke, a scholar in Chinese mythology, carefully studied the original materials and supported Liu's ...
Juling Shen (simplified Chinese: 巨灵神; traditional Chinese: 巨靈神; pinyin: Jù Líng Shén; lit. 'god of giant spirit') is a gigantic river god in Chinese mythology. He is usually associated with the Yellow River.
Lady Xiu (Chinese: 女脩; pinyin: Nǚxiū; lit. 'Lady of Cultivation'), formerly romanized as Lady Hsiu, is a figure in Chinese mythology. In the Records of the Grand Historian, Sima Qian's account of the origin of the House of Ying states that she became pregnant with Ye the Great after eating the egg of a black bird (玄 鸟) [1] [2] sometimes identified as a swallow. [3]
There are a number of legendary tales behind two celestial beings of He and Ho, among them there is one regarding the two monks living a secluded life in Tiantai Mountain in the Tang dynasty by the name of Hanshan and Shide and no one know about their subsequent whereabouts.
The edimmu, read incorrectly sometimes as ekimmu, [1] were a type of utukku in the Mesopotamian religion of Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia, similar in nature to the preta of the Hindu religions or the jiangshi of Chinese mythology. They were envisioned as the ghosts of those who were not buried properly.