Mountain Gods

deity mountain Chinese single tradition · 3

Mountain Gods are Asian tutelary deities associated with mountains. They are related to dizhu shen, tudigongs and City Gods. They are well-known in Korea and some prominent Chinese mountains have shrines to similar deities in the Daoist traditions.

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Houtu
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“Mountain Gods (Chinese: 山神) are Asian tutelary deities associated with mountains. They are related to dizhu shen, tudigongs and City Gods.”

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“There is also a theory that they are the child incarnations of mountain gods who have come to ruin and turned into a yōkai form.”

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“With this, Dashiye, the Mountain Gods, the Earth Gods, the Dharma Protectors, and other deities have fulfilled their merits.”

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