Chinese Mythology & Legends

Fuxi, God of Civilization — The Ancestor Who Opened the Heavens with a Single Stroke

📍 Fuxi

After Pangu split the heavens from the earth and Nüwa created humanity, humans f

Gonggong, God of Water and Chaos — The Violent Water God Who Smashed the Pillar of Heaven in Rage

📍 Gonggong

Gonggong, God of Water and Chaos

Guanyin, Goddess of Mercy — Great Compassion, Hearing Cries and Saving Suffering

📍 Guanyin

Draped in white robes, face like a full moon, kind brows and gentle eyes, holdin

Guan Yu (Lord Guan) — The Martial Saint and Divine Emperor of Unwavering Righteousness

📍 Guan Yu

Green Dragon Crescent Blade — weighing eighty-two jin, its blade engraved with a

Hou Yi, The Divine Archer — The Peerless Bow That Shot Down Nine Suns

📍 Hou Yi

If you had to pick the most tragic hero in Chinese mythology, Hou Yi would defin

The Jade Emperor — Sovereign Lord of the Three Realms

📍 The Jade Emperor

Wearing an imperial crown with twelve beaded strands hanging before his face, cl

Jiang Ziya, The Prime Minister of the Gods — The Grand Duke Who Wielded the Whip to Shape Heaven and Earth on the Investiture of the Gods

📍 Jiang Ziya

Jiang Ziya, The Prime Minister of the Gods

Lü Dongbin — Pure Yang Sword Immortal, Leader of the Eight Immortals

📍 Lü Dongbin

Pure Yang Sword — also known as the Heaven Escaping Sword, a divine weapon for s

Meng Jiangnu, The Woman Who Cried Down the Great Wall — An Eternal Tale of Chaste Devotion

📍 Meng Jiangnu

Meng Jiangnu, The Woman Who Cried Down the Great Wall

Milefo, The Laughing Buddha (Maitreya) — A Big Belly That Embraces All, a Smile That Never Fades

📍 Milefo

Milefo, The Laughing Buddha (Maitreya)

Nanji Xianweng (The Old Immortal of the South Pole) — The Old Immortal of the South Pole, Bestower of Longevity and Blessings

📍 Nanji Xianweng

Nanji Xianweng (The Old Immortal of the South Pole)

Nezha — The Lotus Rebel Who Returned His Bones to His Father

📍 Nezha

A youth born of a lotus, with three heads and six arms (battle form), treading o

Niú Láng Zhī Nǚ, The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl — An Eternal Love That Meets Once a Year Across the Milky Way

📍 Niú Láng Zhī Nǚ

Niú Láng Zhī Nǚ, The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl

Nüwa — The Chinese Mother Goddess Who Created Humanity from Clay

📍 Nüwa

After Pangu transformed his body into the sky, earth, and all things, the world

Pangu — The Creation Giant Who Split Heaven and Earth

📍 Pangu

Before everything and anything, there was no light, no sound, not even the conce

Queen Mother of the West — Mistress of the Yao Pond Who Guards the Immortality Peaches

📍 Queen Mother of the West

If the Jade Emperor is the CEO of the Three Realms, then the Queen Mother of the

Rulai, The Buddha (Tathagata) — The Supreme Venerable of Buddhism

📍 Rulai Buddha

With a golden body sixteen feet tall, a conch-shell topknot, and a treasure-mark

Shennong, God of Agriculture and Medicine — The Ancestor of Medicine Who Tasted a Hundred Herbs

📍 Shennong

Shennong, God of Agriculture and Medicine

Suiren, God of Fire — The Civilizing Spark of Drilling Wood for Fire

📍 Suiren

If Pangu gave humanity heaven and earth, Nüwa gave humanity life, and Fuxi gave

Sun Wukong (The Monkey King) — The Immortal Legend from Stone Monkey to Victorious Fighting Buddha

📍 Sun Wukong

The golden-haired Monkey King, wearing a phoenix-feather purple-gold crown, clad

Taishang Laojun, The Grand Supreme Elder — The Supreme Alchemy Ancestor of Daoism

📍 Taishang Laojun

Taishang Laojun, The Grand Supreme Elder

Weituo, The Guardian of Dharma — The Fierce-Eyed Vajra Protector of Buddhism

📍 Weituo

Weituo, The Guardian of Dharma

Xingtian, The Headless Warrior — The Unyielding Battle Spirit That Fights On Without a Head

📍 Xingtian

Xingtian, The Headless Warrior

Yue Lao, The Old Man Under the Moon — The Elder Deity Under the Moon Who Ties the Red Thread

📍 Yue Lao

Yue Lao, The Old Man Under the Moon