ISBN:
0140586539
Language:
English
,
Chinese
Pages:
X, 186 S
,
Ill
,
20 cm
DDC:
398.20951
Keywords:
Mythology, Chinese
Abstract:
The gods of creation. Pan Gu opens up heaven and earth ; Nu Wa creates humanity ; The marriage of Nu Wa and Fu Xi ; A southwest creation story ; The war between fire and water ; Nu Wa mends the sky -- The gods descend to earth. The five emperors ; The struggle for supremacy ; The Yellow Emperor, Huang Di ; God of the east : Tai Hou ; God of the south : the Fiery Emperor ; God of the west : Shao Hao ; God of the north : Zhuan Xu ; God of the underworld : Hou Tu ; Demons, giants and ghosts : the other realms of heaven and earth -- Wars of the gods. The first uprising ; Chi You challenges the Yellow Emperor ; A tale of Chi You's giant troops : Kua Fu tries to catch the sun ; The final defeat of Chi You ; Xing Tian takes revenge : the Yellow Emperor's last battle ; A victory celebration and the gift of silk ; The flowering of culture ; The Yellow Emperor returns to heaven -- Divine heroes. Two gods of the Yin nation ; King Yao ; Shun, Yao's successor ; Yi, the archer ; Gun battles the great flood ; Yu conquers the flood ; Ten thousand strange sights, ten thousand strange creatures : Shanhaijing -- Three dynasties. The Xia dynasty ; The Shang dynasty ; The Zhou dynasty -- Other favourite tales. The foolish old man removes the mountains ; Sea creatures ; The origin of the cuckoo ; Duke Ping of Jin hears divine music ; The herdsman and the weaver girl
Description / Table of Contents:
The gods of creation. Pan Gu opens up heaven and earth ; Nu Wa creates humanity ; The marriage of Nu Wa and Fu Xi ; A southwest creation story ; The war between fire and water ; Nu Wa mends the sky -- The gods descend to earth. The five emperors ; The struggle for supremacy ; The Yellow Emperor, Huang Di ; God of the east : Tai Hou ; God of the south : the Fiery Emperor ; God of the west : Shao Hao ; God of the north : Zhuan Xu ; God of the underworld : Hou Tu ; Demons, giants and ghosts : the other realms of heaven and earth -- Wars of the gods. The first uprising ; Chi You challenges the Yellow Emperor ; A tale of Chi You's giant troops : Kua Fu tries to catch the sun ; The final defeat of Chi You ; Xing Tian takes revenge : the Yellow Emperor's last battle ; A victory celebration and the gift of silk ; The flowering of culture ; The Yellow Emperor returns to heaven -- Divine heroes. Two gods of the Yin nation ; King Yao ; Shun, Yao's successor ; Yi, the archer ; Gun battles the great flood ; Yu conquers the flood ; Ten thousand strange sights, ten thousand strange creatures : Shanhaijing -- Three dynasties. The Xia dynasty ; The Shang dynasty ; The Zhou dynasty -- Other favourite tales. The foolish old man removes the mountains ; Sea creatures ; The origin of the cuckoo ; Duke Ping of Jin hears divine music ; The herdsman and the weaver girl.
Note:
Translated from the Chinese
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