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**Chinese Mythology Gods and Goddesses**
INTRO: Im going to be talking about the chinese mythology gods and how they impacted chinese mythology in general. There were plenty of chinese mythology gods and goddesses, but i will be presenting just some of the top ones.

**MONKEY:** The infamous irrepressible Monkey King, Trickster God, and Great Sage Equal Of Heaven.
Star of stage, screen and scroll, Monkey is the true hero of //Journey To The West (Xiyou Ji)// — the amazing novel of frivolity and profundity written by Wu Cheng'en in the Sixteenth Century. (It's one of China's Four Great Novels, and we highly recommend it to anyone seeking enlightenment or entertainment.)
 * INTRODUCTION**

From the beginning of time, a certain rock on the Mountain of Fruit and Flowers had been soaking up the goodness of nature and [|QI] energy. One day this pregnant rock released a stone egg, and from it hatched a Stone Ape, who solemnly bowed to the Four Corners of the Earth — then jumped off to have fun.

Monkey was high-spirited, egotistical and full of mischievous pranks. He was soon having a wonderful time as King of the Apes. But a niggling worry began to gnaw at him — one which would change his life. The Monkey King feared Death.

To find immortality,Monkey became the disciple of Father Subodhi, a rather dour [|DAO]ist sage. The sage, unimpressed with his simian tricks, gave the Monkey King a new title: 'Disciple Aware of Emptiness'. Monkey was very pleased with this epithet, not realising it referred to the vacuum in his head.



**GUAN-YU:** A [|DAO]ist God of War and Martial Arts. Also well thought of by Buddhists.
As told in //Romance Of The Three Kingdoms//, he started life as a mortal vendor of soya bean curd (see [|TO-FU]). But after a heroic incident involving the rescue of a harrassed lady and the killing of a tax inspector, he got the taste for battle and embarked on a famous military career with Liu bea who was a general and war lord. Unusually for a God of War, Guan-Yu uses his skill to avoid confrontations if at all possible.He also tries to minimize every battle he's in. (Surely you've heard of Kung Few?) But his bravery is legendary.

In one of chinese mythology's famous tales, his arm was damaged in battle and needed surgery. To the incredulity of on-lookers, he calmly sat playing Solitaire while field surgeons did excruciating things to his tendons. (Just as well Solitaire is a one-handed game.)

When Guan-Yu was captured, he was told by and evil new emperor named Wu, that he had a choice to either change sides or face death.Guan-Yu refused and added a terrible insult.

Loyal Guan-Yu knew that changing sides during a war was not only immoral but also against the Law. For his bravery, and because he died defending legal issues, he also became the patron God of Police Officers.

After his death, Guan-Yu appeared before a meditaiting Master of Buddhism and asked for spiritual guidance.

Quickly learning the Five Precepts, he became a Buddhist, reached Enlightenment, and now devotes the rest of his Immortality to defending the faith. A completely honorary position, but extremely well-regarded.

Finally, Guan-Yu is also worshipped as a God of Literature — because he managed to read a whole page of Confucius without going cross-eyed. JADE-EMPEROR: Supreme God of Chinese Folk Religion, the Jade Emperor is Ruler of Heaven, Creator of the Universe, member of the [|SAN-QING], and Lord of the Imperial Court. Jade Emperor started from the bottom, he created the universe and helped Yuan-Shi-Tian-Zong bring order to the cosmos. He went on to become supreme heavenly ruler and emperor of the universe. In fact the Jade Emperor is a master of winning without really doing anything. If thats nto impressive enough the jade emperor found further fame when Daoism and buddhism came into play and put him in the utmost holiness.

YEN-LO-WANG: The God of Death and Ruler of the Fifth Court of [|FENG-DU], the Chinese Hell. Yen-Lo-Wang was originally King of the first court of hell, but heaven accused him of undue leniency.As a God of some importance, [|YEN-LO-WANG] is far more than just a dealer of boiling oil. Yen-Lo-Wang was assigned to the Fifth Hell of Wailing. Once he was there,he developed a real relish for making souls miserable.He rules over the whole of [|FENG-DU] and has a team of deadly assistants. His filing system contains the records of every soul, complete with their allotted death date.
 * INTRODUCTION TO Yen-Lo-Wang**

GUAN-YIN: Goddess of Compassion and Caring, and one of the Four Supreme [|BODHISATTVA]s of Chinese Buddhism. Guan-Yin supports the distressed and hungry and gives comfort and aid where it is needed.she vowed never to rest until every single soul was brought to Buddhahood. The magnitude of contemplating this task made her head explode into a thousand pieces, but she was perfectly fine after [|BUDDHA] gave her a few Aspirin Sutras. Guan has the ability to transform into anything. In India she is known as a male, but she usually appears in female form to avoid gossip.

Implications: Looking at other mythology gods,I found similarities between them and the ones I did. Alot of the gods were powerful and they could do things that arent seen in this day and time. Most of them didnt even look human.

Links: [|God checker]

Cameron Hammond