Flashcards: Chinese mythology

The Penghou (Chinese: 彭侯; pinyin: Pénghoú; Wade–Giles: P'eng-hou; literally: "drumbeat marquis") is a tree spirit from Chinese mythology and folklore.

The Black Tortoise or Black Turtle (Chinese: trad. 玄龜; simpl. 玄龟 Xuán Guī) is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations.

Chinese guardian lions or Imperial guardian lions, traditionally known in Chinese simply as Shi (Chinese: 獅; pinyin: shī; literally: "lion"), and often called "Foo Dogs" in the West, are a common representation of the lion in imperial China.

Guanyin is an East Asian bodhisattva associated with compassion as venerated by Mahayana Buddhists.

Ksitigarbha (Sanskrit Kṣitigarbha, Chinese: 地藏; pinyin: Dìzàng; Japanese: 地蔵; rōmaji: Jizō) is a bodhisattva primarily revered in East Asian Buddhism and usually depicted as a Buddhist monk.

Mañjuśrī is a bodhisattva associated with prajñā (insight) in Mahayana Buddhism.

The Queen Mother of the West, known by , is a goddess in Chinese religion and mythology, also worshipped in neighbouring Asian countries, and attested from ancient times.

Taiji (simplified Chinese: 太极; traditional Chinese: 太極; pinyin: tàijí; literally: "great pole") is a Chinese cosmological term for the "Supreme Ultimate" state of undifferentiated absolute and infinite potential, the oneness before duality, from which Yin and Yang originate, contrasted with the Wuji (無極, "Without Ultimate").

Wenchang Wang (Chinese: 文昌王), also known as Wenchang Dijun (Chinese: 文昌帝君), is a Taoist deity in Chinese Mythology, known as the God of Culture and Literature.

Xian (Chinese: 仙/仚/僊; pinyin: xiān; Wade–Giles: hsien) is a Chinese word for an enlightened person, translatable in English as: * "spiritually immortal; transcendent; super-human; celestial being" (in Daoist/Taoist philosophy and cosmology) * "physically immortal; immortal person; immortalist; saint" (in Daoist religion and pantheon) * "alchemist; one who seeks the elixir of life; one who practices longevity techniques" or by extension "(alchemical, dietary, qigong) methods for attaining immortality" (in Chinese alchemy) * "wizard; magician; shaman" (in Chinese mythology) * "genie; elf, fairy; nymph" (in popular Chinese literature, 仙境 xian jing is "fairyland", Faerie) * "sage living high in the mountains; mountain-man; hermit; recluse" (folk etymology for the character 仙) * "immort

Ākāśagarbha Bodhisattva (Sanskrit: Chinese: 虛空藏菩薩; pinyin: Xūkōngzàng Púsà; Japanese pronunciation: Kokūzō Bosatsu; Korean: 허공장보살; romaja: Heogongjang Bosal, Standard Tibetan Namkha'i Nyingpo, Tibetan: ནམ་མཁའི་སྙིང་པོ།) is a bodhisattva who is associated with the great element (mahābhūta) of space (ākāśa).

Hungry ghost is a concept in Chinese Buddhism and Chinese traditional religion representing beings who are driven by intense emotional needs in an animalistic way.

Chinese folklore features a rich variety of ghosts, monsters, and other supernatural creatures.

Shangdi (Chinese: 上帝; pinyin: Shàngdì; Wade–Giles: Shang Ti), also written simply as Di (Chinese: 帝; pinyin: Dì; Wade–Giles: Ti; "Deity", "Emperor"), is the Chinese term for "Supreme Deity" or "Highest Deity" in the theology of the classical texts, especially deriving from Shang theology and finding an equivalent in the later Tian ("Heaven" or "Great Whole") of Zhou theology.

The following is a list of supernatural beings in Chinese folklore and fiction originating from traditional folk culture and contemporary literature such as Pu Songling's Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.

A jiangshi, also known as a Chinese "hopping" vampire, ghost, or zombie, is a type of reanimated corpse in Chinese legends and folklore.

Shisa (シーサー Shīsā, Okinawan: shiisaa) is a traditional Ryukyuan decoration, often in pairs, resembling a cross between a lion and a dog, from Okinawan mythology.

Longnü (traditional Chinese: 龍女; simplified Chinese: 龙女; pinyin: Lóngnǚ; Sanskrit: nāgakanya; Vietnamese: Long nữ), translated as Dragon Daughter, along with Sudhana are considered acolytes of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara in Chinese Buddhism.

The Sinking City Myth is one of some great flood themes in Chinese folklore.