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Chinese mythology is the mythology of Chinese civilization. Many of the legends of Chinese mythology take place during the period of Sanhuangwudi.1 Important mythologies and deities
- Nüwa 女娲补天: Nüwa seals the broken sky using stones of seven different colours -- the patch becomes the rainbow. She is also said to have created humanity -- the story has been retold through many Chinese cartoons.
- FuXi Fuxi, HuHsi was the brother and husband of Nuwa
- Shen Nong Inventor of agriculture.
- Great Yu 大禹治水: Great Yu regulates the courses of rivers (to control floods)
- Gong Gong 共工 An evil water demon who crushed Mount Buzhou.
- Zhu Rong God of fire. Defeated Gong Gong.
- Pangu 盘古开天辟地 Pangu cleaves open heaven and earth -- the traditional story of the EarthEarth also known as the Earth or Terra is the planet on which we live, the third planet outward from the Sun. It is the largest of the solar system's terrestrial planets, and the only planetary body that modern science confirms as harbouring life. The pla's creationCreation beliefs and stories describe how the universe, the Earth, life, and/or humanity came into being. The term creation myth is used by historians for a story of creation with deep explanatory or symbolic resonance for a culture. This terminology is o in Chinese mythology.
- Cangjie 仓颉造字: Cangjie creates the characterTraditional Chinese and other languages. Simplified Chinese Chinese characters or Han characters (/) are used in the written forms of the Chinese language, and to varying degrees in the Japanese and Korean languages (though the latter only in South Korea)s
- Chi YouIn Chinese mythology, Chi You (; pinyin: chi1you2) or Chi Woo in Korean, is a war deity and for Korean, a mythical emperor of ancient Korea as well. For the Miao (Hmong) people, Chi You is also seen as a sagacious mythical king. Chi You was the mythical l (蚩尤 chi1you2) A war god who fought Huang Di. Inventor of metal weapons.
- Huang Di (黃帝) father of medicine
- Xuan Nu (玄女 xuan2nu3) who assisted Huang Di (黃帝) to subdue Chi You (蚩尤).
- Three Pure OnesThe Three Pure Ones ( Chinese: ; pinyin: Sn Qing; Wade-Giles: San-ch'ing) are three Taoist deities. They are: the Jade Pure (; pinyin: Yu Qing; Wade-Giles: Yu-ch'ing), also known as the "Heavenly Worthy of the Primordial Beginning" (, Yuanshi tianzun). Daoist / highest deities
- Jade EmperorThe Jade Emperor ( Pinyin: Yu Huang or Yu D , known informally by children and commoners as Grandpa Heaven ( Tin Gong) and known formally as the Pure August Jade Emperor or August Personage of Jade ( Yu Huang Shangdi or Yu Huang Dadi , is the ruler of Hea Daoist / ruler of Heaven and Earth
- Eight Immortals Daoist / He Xiangu, Cao Guojiu, Li Tieguai, Lan Caihe, Lu Dongbin, Han Xiang Zi, Zhang Guo Lao, Zhongli Quan
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