76
“Qiu lai” (Li He), 61
Queen Mother of the West.
See
Wang-mu
Qu Yuan (poet), 59–60
religion/belief systems
Buddhism, 21
Confucianism, 20–21
early, 18
Taoism, 18–19, 21, 36
See also
worship rituals
Rigor Mortis
(film), 68
river god (Ho Po), 41
Sanders, Tao Tao Liu
on dragons, 47, 48–49
on the magic pearl, 52–53
on Nuwa, 28
on Pangu, 26
Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–
1050 BCE), 11–12
Shang-ti (Jade Emperor,
supreme deity), 17–18, 20,
36
Four Dragons myth and, 55,
56
Taoism and, 19
Sharp, Mark, 63
Shen-nong (Divine Sovereign),
8, 29, 31
“Shen xian qu” (Li He), 61
Shun (august emperor), 33–34
sky gods
Jun, 45
Shang-ti, 17
Tian, 14
Suanni (dragon type), 55
Sun (ancient healer), 49–51
Sutherland, Angus, 57
Tang dynasty (ca. 618–906
CE), 61
Taoism, 18–19, 21, 36
influence on Chinese myths,
20
Taotie (dragon type), 55
Tao Tie (monster), 66–67, 68
Taowu (monster), 67
ten suns, myth of, 38–39, 45
Three Divine Sovereigns,
29–31
Three Kingdoms period (220–
280 CE), 16
Tian (sky god), 14
Wang-mu (Queen Mother of
the West), 16, 20, 36
war, god of (Kuan-ti), 14
water god (Gong-gong), 29
wealth, god of (Caishen), 14
Wei Gu, 14–16
worship rituals, 18, 58
celebrating Nuwa, 59
Confucianism and, 20–21
of Jade Emperor, 17
Xirang (“swelling earth”), 38
Xu Zheng, 24
