Xihe
Xihe was a solar deity in Chinese mythology and one of the two wives of Di Jun (along with Changxi). She was the mother of ten suns in the form of three-legged crows residing in a mulberry tree, the Fusang, in the East Sea. Each day, one of the sun birds would be rostered to travel around the world on a carriage driven by Xihe.
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“Xihe (Chinese: 羲和; pinyin: Xīhé; Wade–Giles: Hsi1-ho2) was a solar deity in Chinese mythology. One of the two wives of Di Jun (along with Changxi), she was the mother of ten suns in the form of three-legged crows residing in a mulberry tree, the Fusang, in the East Sea”
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“The God of the Eastern Sky Di Jun had two wives, including Changxi, who was regarded as his first wife Xihe's western counterpart; while Xihe gave birth to suns, Changxi bore twelve unique moon daughters that would complete a full journey across the heavens every day.”
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