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| Bai Di |
one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Di Zhi |
| Bi Gan |
uncle of King Zhou 紂 of the Shang |
| Black Emperor | one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Zhuan Xu 顓頊 |
| Bo Yi |
cultural hero of prehistoric China |
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| Can Cong |
mythological inventor of sericulture and first ruler of Shu |
| Can Nü |
mythological girl related with the invention of silkworm breeding |
| Cang Di |
one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Fu Xi |
| Cang Jie |
mythological inventor of the Chinese script |
| Chang E |
Goddess of the moon |
| Cheng Tang |
see Tang |
| Chi Di |
one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Yan Di |
| Chi You 蚩尤 | mythological inventor of war, opponent of the Yellow Emperor |
| Chong |
son of the mythological Emperor Zhuan Xu |
| Chong Li |
one or two mythological persons, relatives and ministers of Emperor Zhuan Xu |
| Cowherd | see Niulang |
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| Da Ji 妲己 | consort of King Zhou 紂 of the Shang |
| Da Chao |
see You Chao |
| Da Yu |
see Yu the Great |
| Di Jun |
cultural hero and mythological emperor |
| Di Ku |
one of the mythological Five Emperors |
| Di Xin |
see King Zhou 紂 |
| Di Zhi |
one of the mythological Five Emperors |
| Du Kang |
the God of Wine |
| Du Yu |
mythological king of Shu |
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| Fu Hao |
consort of King Wu Ding |
| Fu Xi |
mythological creator of the universe, one of the Three Augusts |
| Fu Yue |
minister of King Wu Ding |
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| Gao Tao 皋陶 | see Gao Yao 皋陶 |
| Gao Xin |
see Di Ku |
| Gao Yang |
see Zhuan Xu 顓頊 |
| Gao Yao 皋陶 | minister of the mythological Emperor Shun |
| Gong Gong |
mythological person taming the floods |
| Gou Mang |
assistant deity of Emperor Fu Xi |
| Green Emperor | one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Fu Xi |
| Gun |
mythological father of Yu the Great |
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| He Bo |
the God of the Yellow River |
| Hei Di |
one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Zhuan Xu 顓頊 |
| Hou Ji |
the Lord of Millet, ancestor of the Zhou |
| Hou Tu |
God(dess) of the Earth |
| Hou Yi |
famous mythological archer saving the world |
| Huan Dou 驩兜 | mythological water hero |
| Huang Di |
see Yellow Emperor |
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| Jade Emperor | see Yuhuang |
| Ji |
see Hou Ji |
| Jizi |
minister of King Zhou 紂 of the Shang |
| Jie 桀 | last ruler of the Xia |
| Jun |
see Di Jun |
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| L [top] | |
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| Lei Zu 嫘祖 | mythological inventor of silk spinning |
| Li |
son of the mythological Emperor Zhuan Xu |
| Ling Lun 伶倫 | mythological inventor of musical temperation |
| Lord of Millet | see Hou Ji |
| Luo Shen |
Goddess of the River Luo |
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| Mi Xi 宓戲, see Fu Xi |
one of the mythological Three Augusts |
| Mo Xi |
consort of King Jie 桀 of the Xia |
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| Niulang |
the Cowherd, husband of the Weavermaid (Zhinü |
| Nü Wa |
mythological creatress of the universe, one of the Three Augusts |
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| Pan Geng |
ruler of the Shang |
| Pan Gu |
mythological creator of the world |
| Pao Xi 庖犧, see Fu Xi |
one of the mythological Three Augusts |
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| Qing Di |
one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Fu Xi |
| Queen Mother of the West | see Xi Wang Mu |
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| Red Emperor | one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Yan Di |
| Ru Shou 蓐收 | assistant deity of Emperor Di Zhi |
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| Shang wang Zhou |
see Zhou 紂 |
| Shao Dian |
father of the Yellow Emperor and the Red Emperor |
| Shao Hao |
one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Di Zhi |
| Shao Hao |
one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Di Zhi |
| Shun |
one of the mythological Five Emperors |
| Shen Nong |
mythological inventor of pharmacology and agriculture, one
of the Three Augusts, see also Yan Di |
| Shun |
one of the mythological Five Emperors |
| Sunü |
mythological person, inventor of the small zither |
| Sui Ren |
one of the mythological Three Augusts, inventor of fire |
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| Tai Hao |
one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Fu Xi |
| Tai Hao |
one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Fu Xi |
| Tang |
see Yao 堯 |
| Tang the Perfect |
founder of the Shang |
| Tao Tang |
see Yao 堯 |
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| Wang Di |
see Du Yu |
| Weavermaid | see Zhinü |
| Weizi |
minister of the last king of the Shang |
| White Emperor | one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Di Zhi |
| Wu Ding |
first historical ruler of the Shang |
| Wushan, Fairy of Mount |
local deity figuring in various poems and stories |
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| Xi He 羲和 | Goddess of the sun |
| Xie |
ancestor of the Shang |
| Xuan Di |
one of the mythological Five Emperors, see Zhuan Xu 顓頊 |
| Xuan Ming |
assistant deity of Emperor Zhuan Xu |
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| Yan Di |
mythological emperor |
| Yao 堯 | one of the mythological Five Emperors |
| Yellow Emperor |
one of the mythological Five Emperors |
| Yi 羿 | see Hou Yi |
| Yi |
see Bo Yi |
| Yi Yin |
minister (Shang) |
| You Chao |
mythological inventor of houses |
| Yu |
see Shun |
| Yu the Great |
mythological founder of the Xia |
| Yunü |
Jade Girl, daughter of the Jade Emperor; Celestial servant |
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| Zhao Gongming |
god of money and of pestilence |
| Zhi 摯 | see Di Zhi |
| Zhinü |
the Weavermaid, consort of the Cowherd (Niulang |
| Zhong |
son of the mythological Emperor Zhuan Xu |
| Zhong Hui |
minister (Shang) |
| Zhong Kui |
legendary person fighting against demons |
| Zhong Li |
one or two mythological persons, relatives of Emperor Zhuan Xu |
| Zhou 紂 | King Zhou, last ruler of the Shang |
| Zhu Rong |
one of the mythological Three Augusts |
| Zhuan Xu 顓頊 | one of the mythological Five Emperors |