Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Erlang Shen — the great three-eyed warrior-god and demon-queller of Chinese mythology, a mighty celestial general with a truth-seeing third eye and a
Nezha — the rebellious child-god and protector of Chinese mythology, a powerful divine boy-warrior who killed the dragon-prince, sacrificed his own body
Guan Yu (Guandi) — the deified general of Chinese history and religion, the red-faced, long-bearded warrior of the Three Kingdoms renowned for loyalty and
Mazu — the great goddess of the sea and protectress of sailors in southern Chinese religion, the deified spirit of Lin Moniang who saved seafarers from
Hou Yi — the great divine archer of Chinese mythology who saved the world by shooting down nine of the ten suns scorching the earth, leaving one to give
Chang'e — the beloved goddess of the Moon in Chinese mythology, the beautiful immortal wife of the archer Hou Yi who swallowed the elixir of immortality
The Three Pure Ones (Sanqing) — the supreme triad of deities at the summit of the Daoist pantheon, the three highest gods (including the deified Laozi)
Shennong (the Divine Farmer, Yandi) — the great culture-hero and god of agriculture and medicine in Chinese mythology, the ox-headed sovereign who gave
The Yellow Emperor (Huangdi) — the great culture-hero and legendary ancestor of the Chinese people, who founded civilisation, defeated the war-god Chiyou
Pangu — the primordial giant and creator of the cosmos in Chinese mythology, who hatched from the cosmic egg, separated Heaven from Earth, and whose body