 The Pantheon
Created by: * Lau Ma Feng, 2004-06-30 19:00:44
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GODS
Ch'eng-Huang : Chinese god of walls and ditches. Each village had their own Ch'eng-Huang.
Chu Jung : Chinese god of fire executions. Emodies justice, revenge, death, and the element of fire.
Erh-Lang : Chinese god who chased away evil spirits, the great restorer, the sustainer. He is invoked for protection.
Fu-Hsing : Chinese god of happiness. Symbolizes destiny, fate, love, happiness, and success.
Hou-chi : Chinese god of harvest and agriculture. Depicted as a kindly old man with stalks growing from his scalp.
Hsuan-T'ien-Shang-Ti : Chinese god who removes demons and evil spirits.
I-ti : Chinese god of wine.
Kue'i-Hsing : Chinese god of safe travels, tests, literature, and students.
Kuan Ti : Chinese god of war.
Lao-Tien-Yeh : Chinese great god.
Lei-Kung : Chinese god of retribution and thunder. He makes thunder with his hammer, chases away evil spirits, and punishes criminals whose crimes have gone undetected.
Lu-Hsing : Chinese god of salaries, wages, and employment. Symbolizes success, prosperity, earned wealth, justice.
Lu-Pan : Chinese god of carpenters and masons. Symbolizes artistic talent and fame
GODDESSES
CHANG O : A moon goddess honored with a festival every September. The divine archer, Yi's wife. She lives in a palace made out of cinnamon wood.
HSI WANG MU : Goddess of immortality.
KUAN YIN : Goddess of compassion.
Chuang-Mu : Chinese goddess of the bed and sexual delights.
Feng-Po-Po : Chinese goddess of the winds, she replaced Feng-Po. She symbolizes the elements of air and water, storms, precipitation and moisture.
Hu-Tu : Chinese earth goddess, similar to gaia, the deification of the earth. Patroness of fertility, element is earth.
Lo-shen : Chinese goddess of rivers.
Meng-Po-Niang : Chinese goddess who stood just within the gates of hell. Her magic potion was administered to each soul, so that they would forget their past lives.
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