Ao
nature_spirit earth Chinese single tradition · 5
Giant turtle.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 300 BCE
- Attested period
- -300 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in the story of Nüwa mending the heavens.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Azure Dragon, Ao Ao, Aobōzu, Apkallu, Apsaras, Aqrabuamelu, Ardat-lilî, Aralez, Archura, Argus Panoptes, Arikura-no-baba, Arimaspi, Arkan Sonney, Asag, Asakku, Asanbosam, Asena, A-senee-ki-wakw, Ashi-magari, Asiman, Askefrue, Ask-wee-da-eed, Asobibi, Asrai, Astomi, Aswang, Atomy, Ato-oi-kozō, Atshen, Auvekoejak, Awa-hon-do, Gong Gong, Rangi, Aopouri, Aopotango, Aowhetuma, Aowhekere, Aokahiwahiwa, Aokanapanapa, Aopakakina, Aopakarea, Aotakawe, Te Ata, Māui, Tiki, Papatūānuku, Ranginui, Tane-rore, Auahitūroa, Tinirau, Io Matua Kore, Te Uira, Tāwhaki, Ikatere, Punga, Makeatutara, Mataaho, Kiwa, Maru, Pūhaorangi, Rehua, Haere, Rongomai, Uenuku, Urutengangana, Whiro, Kahukura, Haumiatiketike, Rongomātāne, Tānemahuta, Aituā, Ngahue, Tamanuiterā, Tūtewehiwehi, Ashura, angels, Ammit, Anubis, Amikuk, Amaburakosagi, Amala, Amamehagi, Amanojaku, Amarok, Amarum, Amazake-babaa, Amemasu, Amhuluk, Amorōnagu, Anak, Androsphinx, Anqa, Ani Hyuntikwalaski, Ankou, Anmo, Antero Vipunen, Anzû, Papa, Tāwhirimātea, Tangaroa, Tūmatauenga, Rūaumoko, Rongo
- serves
- Nuwa
- enemy of
- Po
- has aspect
- Aotūroa, Aotahi, Aonui, Aoroa, Te Ao Mārama
Mentioned by
- angels
- Ammit
- Anubis
- Amikuk
- Amaburakosagi
- Amala
- Amamehagi
- Amanojaku
- Amarok
- Amarum
- Amazake-babaa
- Amemasu
- Amhuluk
- Amorōnagu
- Anak
- Androsphinx
and 17 more
Sources
Source passages
“Ao (Chinese) – Giant turtle.”
#4093 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Ao, a mythological tortoise who has a burning shell and cheeks with magma on them.”
#4136 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“She then killed a giant turtle (or tortoise), some version named the tortoise as Ao, cut off the four legs of the creature to use as new pillars to support the sky.”
#21561 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Ao appears evolving through the forms Aonui, Aoroa, Aowheneke, Ao-whetara out of the darkness as part of the great cosmological genealogies in Te Arawa's traditions, as part of the creation of the universe.”
#31564 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Ao, a personification of light.”
#32256 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat