Fuxi
Fuxi is an ancient deity in Chinese mythology. In Daoist belief, the deity of Mount Tai was either an ancient saint or the descendant of Fuxi, and Fuxi's family granted Jinhong the title of Tai Sui.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Figure from Chinese mythology.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Shaohao, Nü Kua, God of the heaven, Zoroaster, Huaxu, Lei Shen, Dōngyuèdàdì, Pangu, Jade Emperor, Wudao Jiangjun, Bingling Dijun, Jinlun Wang Shaohai, Milun Xianǚ, Laozi, Black Dragon, Gonggong, Zhuanxu, Fox spirit, Hermes Trismegistus
- sibling of
- Nuwa
- parent of
- Fufei
- served by
- Goumang
- child of
- Huaxu
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“In Daoist belief, the deity of Mount Tai was either an ancient saint or the descendant of Fuxi.”
#21197 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“He assists Fuxi，also known as Taihao to reign over the eastern region and the spring season...the kingdom of Fuxi and Goumang is in the most east of the world”
#21205 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Other myths state that he was reborn 13 times after his first life during the days of Fuxi. In his last incarnation as Laozi, he lived 990 years and spent his life traveling to reveal the Tao.”
#21423 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Huaxu gave birth to a twin brother and sister, Fuxi and Nüwa. Fuxi and Nüwa are said to be creatures that have faces of human and bodies of snakes.”
#21556 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The French figurist Jesuit missionary to China Joachim Bouvet thought that Hermes Trismegistus, Zoroaster and the Chinese cultural hero Fuxi were actually the Biblical patriarch Enoch.”
#24154 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001