Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Niutou Mamian (Ox-Head and Horse-Face) — the two fearsome guardian-officers of the Chinese underworld, brawny enforcers with the heads of an ox and a
Heibai Wuchang (Black and White Impermanence) — the two psychopomp deities of the Chinese underworld, a contrasting pair of spirit-officers (white and
Gonggong — the monstrous water-god of Chinese mythology, a serpent-bodied god of floods and chaos who, enraged at his defeat, smashed his head against the
Chiyou — the monstrous war-god and rebel of Chinese mythology, a bronze-headed, many-armed god of war and inventor of weapons who led an army of monsters
Ao Guang — the Dragon King of the East Sea and foremost of the Four Dragon Kings of Chinese mythology, who rules the eastern ocean from his crystal
Long Wang, the Dragon Kings — the divine dragon-rulers of the waters in Chinese mythology who govern the seas, rivers, and rain from crystal palaces
Meng Po (Lady Meng) — the goddess of forgetfulness in the Chinese underworld, the old woman at the Bridge of Forgetfulness who gives each soul a bowl of
Yanluo (King Yama) — the god and supreme judge of the Chinese underworld (Diyu), the Chinese form of the Buddhist death-god Yama, who judges the souls of
Zhong Kui — the great demon-queller and ghost-catcher of Chinese mythology, a fearsome bearded scholar wronged of his honour and dead by suicide, made
Zao Jun — the household Kitchen God of Chinese religion, who dwells above the stove, watches over the family all year, and ascends to Heaven each New Year
