Classic of Mountains and Seas

Legendary Chinese ruler, one of the Five Emperors, later worshipped as a god

Xia Dynasty king and founder

Chinese mythological archer

mother goddess in Chinese religion and mythology

Gonggong () is a Chinese water god who is depicted in Chinese mythology and folktales as having a copper human head with an iron forehead, red hair, and the body of a serpent, or sometimes the head and torso are human, with the tail of a serpent. He is destructive and is blamed for various cosmic catastrophes. In all accounts, Gonggong ends up being killed or sent into exile, usually after losing a struggle with another major deity such as the fire god Zhurong.

thumb|260px|Zhurong riding two dragons, depicted in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, 1597 edition

Chiyou () is a mythological being that appears in Chinese mythology. He was a tribal leader of the Nine Li tribe () in ancient China. He is best known as a king who lost against the future Yellow Emperor during the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors era in Chinese mythology. According to the Song dynasty history book Lushi, Chiyou's surname was Jiang (), and he was a descendant of the Flame Emperor.

mystical land in Chinese mythology

Sun goddess in ancient Chinese mythology, mother of the three-legged ravens

figure in Chinese mythology

ancestor of the Chinese Zhou dynasty

legendary ruler in prehistoric China, later venerated as a fire god

Hòutǔ () or Hòutǔshén (), also known as Hòutǔ Niángniáng (in Chinese either , Aoshen or ), otherwise called Dimǔ () or Dimǔ Niángniáng (), is the deity of all land and earth in Chinese religion and mythology. Houtu is the overlord of all the Tudigongs ("Lord of Local Land"), Sheji ("the State"), Shan Shen ("God of Mountains"), City Gods ("God of Local City"), and landlord gods worldwide.

thumb|Illustration from the Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China (early 18th century) thumb|Stone carving at the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, with inscription "Kua Fu Chases the Sun" Kuafu () is a giant in Chinese mythology who wished to capture the Sun. He was a grandson of Houtu.

Xiangliu (), known in the Classic of Mountains and Seas as Xiangyao (), is a venomous nine-headed snake monster that brings floods and destruction in Chinese mythology.

thumb|Jingwei as depicted in the 1597 edition of the Shanhaijing

thumb|A shōjō rolling a ( barrel of sake).

Nüba (), also known as Ba () and as Hanba (), is a Chinese drought deity. "Ba" is her proper name, with the nü being an added indication of being feminine and han meaning "drought".

mountain in Chinese mythology

thumb|Xingtian as drawn by Jiang Yinghao, 17th century Xingtian (, also '''Hsing T'ien''') is a Chinese deity who fights against the Supreme Divinity, not giving up even after he was decapitated. Losing the fight for supremacy, he was beheaded and his head buried in Changyang Mountain. Nevertheless, headless, with a shield in one hand and a battle axe in the other, he continues the fight, using his nipples as eyes and his belly button as a mouth. ==Description== Xingtian was an official under Yandi. Yandi fought against Huangdi for the position of supreme god, but he lost the conflict. Xingtia

Xirang () was a magical soil in Chinese mythology with the ability to self-expand and grow continuously. Its properties made it particularly effective for use by Gun and Yu the Great in fighting the rising waters of the Great Flood.

thumb|Goumang Goumang, also known as Jumang (), is an auxiliary god of the Fuxi family. The Classic of Mountains and Seas described his appearance as "having a human face and a bird's body, riding on two dragons". He is the god of wood and spring, in charge of life and health.

Chinese axis mundi northwest of Kunlun damaged by Gong Gong in remote antiquity, causing the axial tilt of the celestial sphere in Chinese mythology

Shang tribe leader