Pangu
deity earth Chinese single tradition · 5
Pangu is a primordial deity in Chinese mythology. Jinlun Wang Shaohai was described as the ninth generation descendant of Pangu.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 200 BCE
- Attested period
- -200 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Ancient China.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Yeren, Druon Antigoon, Ellert and Brammert, Pier Gerlofs Donia, Dōngyuèdàdì, Jade Emperor, Wudao Jiangjun, Bingling Dijun, Jinlun Wang Shaohai, Milun Xianǚ, Fuxi, Nuwa, Huaxu, God of the heaven, Wangmu Niangniang, Cronus, Ymir, Ukemochi, Am Fear Liath Mòr, Bertram de Shotts, Fachan, Fionn mac Cumhaill, Fomorians, Balor, Bres, Cethlenn, Elatha, Ériu, Ethniu, Fódla, Tethra, Trow, Fangfeng, Kuafu, Cúchulainn, Tiamat, Osiris
- child of
- Lishan Laomu
Mentioned by
- Am Fear Liath Mòr
- Bertram de Shotts
- Fachan
- Fionn mac Cumhaill
- Fomorians
- Balor
- Bres
- Cethlenn
- Elatha
- Ériu
- Ethniu
- Fódla
- Tethra
- Trow
- Fangfeng
- Kuafu
and 4 more
Sources
Source passages
“Kuafu Pangu Yeren”
#4528 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Jinlun Wang Shaohai (who was the ninth generation of Pangu)”
#21196 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Pangu provides an origin myth in Chinese mythology. He was a giant sleeping within an egg of chaos. As he awoke, he stood up and divided the sky and the earth. Pangu then died after standing up, and his body turned into rivers, mountains, plants, animals, and everything else in the world”
#21554 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“However, after giving birth to Pangu, she was referred to as Laomu. And because she resided on Lishan Mountain, she was known as Lishan Laomu.”
#29662 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Pangu, from Chinese mythology”
#41973 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001