Yi-Ti
The Chinese god of wine.
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Yen-di
A legendary Chinese emperor, one of the San-huang. He was the inventor of cooking, which prevented disease from eating raw food.
Yao-shi
The Chinese Buddha who is dedicated to saving lives, healing wounds and curing diseases. His full-name is Yao-Shi-Fo (”Physician Buddha”).
Yao
A mythical emperor of China who lived either from 2333 - 2234 BCE or 2356 - 2255 BCE. He is said to have established the calendar and introduced official posts, the holders of which were responsible for making proper use of the four seasons of the year. He is one of the Wu-di.
He made Shun [...]
Yang Jing
The Chinese Goat God. Peasants in the mountainous regions make sacrifices to Yang Jing for protection against wild animals. He is depicted with a goat’s head worn like a bonnet and a goatskin.
Yan-lo
The god of the dead, lord and judge of the Fifth Hell. Punishment in this hell is the memory of things past. Yan-lo is completely identical to the Hindu god of death, Yama. In Chinese myth, however, he holds no power over those who by their excellence on earth pass to higher planes of existence. [...]
Xian
A being who has attained physical immortality in religious Taoism. A Xian is no longer subject to the “world of dust” and is a master in various magical skills.
According to the great alchemist Ko Gong, there are three categories of immortals. The celestial immortals who dwell either in the Taoist Heaven, one the isles of [...]
Xi Wang-mu
The Chinese goddess of immortality and the personification of the feminine element yin. The Taoist Xi Wang-mu is referred to as the ‘Royal Mother of the West’, and rules over the western paradise of the immortals. She is the daughter of the god Yu-huang and her husband is Mu Gong. Originally she was a terrifying [...]
Xi Shi
The Chinese patroness of merchants of face creams and perfumes. She was a daughter of a butcher and became a royal concubine. When she was presented to the emperor, she smelled so sweet that the odor could be noticed for ten li.
Wu-di
The five legendary emperors, successors of the San-huang. They are said to have ruled China between 2697 and 2205 BCE or — according to an alternative calendrical calculation — 2674 and 2184 BCE. They are Huang-di (the Yellow Emperor), Juan Xu, Gu, Yao, and Shun.
The belief in their existence is based on historical speculations dating [...]
