云童
nature_spirit sky single tradition · 1
云童 ('Cloud Youth') accompanies Dianmu. They are summoned by a magic tablet that can control the weather.
When
- First attested
- 1500 CE
- Attested period
- 1500 – 1599
- Historical notes
- Appears in Wu Cheng'en's late 16th-century novel, Journey to the West.
Relationships
- allied with
- Dianmu
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“including Dianmu, accompanied by 云童 ('Cloud Youth'). Once Sun Wukong interrupts the summons, Dianmu and her fellow weather deities help the Buddhists instead of the demons in their rain-making competition.”
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