The deities of Chinese mythology and their attributes.
In Chinese mythology, there are often several gods associated with the same thing. So don’t be surprised to find, for example, two gods of archers, of anger, or of thieves.
| NAMES OF THE DEITIES | FEATURES |
|---|---|
| Caishen | God of Wealth |
| Chang Fei | God of Butchers |
| Chang Pan | God of the Freemasons |
| Ch’ang Tsai | God of Wrath |
| Cheng Yuan-ho | god of the wandering minstrels |
| Chih Jih | God of the Day |
| Ch’ih Sung-tzu | Lord of the Rain |
| Ching Ling Tzu | God of Tea |
| Lady Chin-hua | God of Drums and Strings |
| Chi Po | God of the Winds |
| Chou Wang | god of sodomy |
| Chung-kuei | God of Travelers and Exams |
| Di Jun | God of the Eastern Sky |
| Fan K’uei | God of Butchers |
| Fei Lien | God of the Wind |
| Fengbo | God of the Wind |
| Fu-Hsi | god of vegetation and writing (which he invented) |
| Fu Xing | god of happiness and good fortune |
| Guan Di | God of War |
| Guanyin | goddess of mercy |
| Ho Po | god of the Yellow River |
| Hou Chi | god of the harvest |
| Hou T’u | god of the Earth |
| Hsiao Wu | God of Prisons |
| Hsieh Tien-chun | personification of the planet Saturn |
| Hsien Nung | god of agriculture |
| Hsi Ling-su | God of Silk |
| Hsi-shen | God of Joy |
| Hsu Ch’ang | God of Archers |
| Huang Ti | god of Architecture |
| Huang T’ing | God of Wrath |
| Huo Pu | god of Fire |
| Hu-Shen | God of Archers |
| Jen An | God of Thieves |
| Keng Yen-cheng | God of Thieves |
| King Wan | god of luck |
| Ko Hsien-Weng | God of Jugglers |
| Kuo Tzu-i | god of happiness |
| Lai Cho | god of agriculture |
| Lao Lang | God of Actors |
| Lei Kung | God of Thunder |
| Lei Tsu | god of innkeepers |
| Li Lao-chun | God of Leatherworkers |
| Li Tien | God of the Artificers |
| Liu Meng | god of agriculture |
| Liu Pei | god of the Vanniers |
| Lo-Tsu Ta-Hsien | God of Barbers and Beggars |
| Lo Yu | God of Tea |
| Lu Hsing | God of Justice |
| Lu-pan | god of carpenters |
| Lu Xing | god of happiness and wealth |
| Mang Shen | god of agriculture |
| Mao Meng | god of the planets Mercury and Jupiter |
| Men Shen | God of the Gates, protector against evil spirits |
| Miao Hu | god of agriculture |
| Nan-chi Hsien-weng | minor god of Longevity |
| Nuwa | goddess who created humanity (more details) |
| Shou Xing | god of happiness and longevity |
| Yue Lao: Yue-hia Lao | god of marriage (more details) |
| Yuhuang Dadi / Yu-Huang | Jade Emperor, ruler of the heavens and the gods (more details) |
| Zhurong | god of Fire |
References
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Dernière modification le 24/05/2026.
