Nuwa
deity sky Chinese single tradition · 6
The goddess Nuwa taught Cihang Zhenren the art of Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes and guided him to become a disciple of Yuanshi Tianzun.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Story recorded in the Shanhaijing.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Xing Tian, Cihang Dashi, Princess Miaoshan, Wenshu Guangfa Tianzun, Puxian Zhenren, God of the heaven, Gong Gong, Yang Jian, Yuan Hong, Sihu Xingjun, Huaxu, Lei Shen, Wusheng Laomu, Doumu Yuanjun, Taiyi Yuanjun, Wuji Laomu, Black Dragon, Gonggong, Zhuanxu, Pangu, Jiutian Xuannü, Queen Mother of the West, Yuanshi Tianzun
- teacher of
- Cihang Zhenren
- consort of
- Fu Xi
- enemy of
- Jin Dasheng
- allied with
- Jiang Ziya, Shennong
- sibling of
- Fuxi
- manifests as
- Jingwei, Spirit-Guardian
- parent of
- Lishan Laomu
- manifested by
- Wahuang
- syncretized with
- Nü Kua
- served by
- Fox spirit, the Thousand-Year Vixen, the Jade Pipa, the Nine-Headed Pheasant, Ao
- child of
- Huaxu
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (6)
Source passages
“In Fengshen Yanyi, Cihang Zhenren is the superiorman over Luojia Cave in Mount Putuo and ninth of the twelve disciples of Yuanshi Tianzun. The goddess Nuwa taught him the art of Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes and guided him to become a disciple of Yuanshi Tianzun.”
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