Chinese Gods
Author: Jonathan Chamberlain
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 196
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Author: Jonathan Chamberlain
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 196
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tammy Gagne
Publisher: ABDO
Published: 2018-12-15
Total Pages: 51
ISBN-13: 153217070X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe hero Momotaro, the sun goddess Amaterasu, and the Buddha are important subjects of Japanese mythology. Japanese Gods, Heroes, and Mythology explores the gods, heroes, creatures, and stories of Japanese mythology, in addition to examining their influence today. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author: Tao Tao Liu Sanders
Publisher: Hachette Children's Books Australia
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780340266502
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lihui Yang
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 0195332636
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCompiled from ancient and scattered texts and based on groundbreaking new research, Handbook of Chinese Mythology is the most comprehensive English-language work on the subject ever written from an exclusively Chinese perspective. This work focuses on the Han Chinese people but ranges across the full spectrum of ancient and modern China, showing how key myths endured and evolved over time. A quick reference section covers all major deities, spirits, and demigods, as well as important places, mythical animals and plants, and related items.
Author: Keith G. Stevens
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 112
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is an introduction to the most frequently encountered Chinese deities in the enormous Chinese pantheon, focusing on those gods which express the most common concerns of the Chinese people. Some of these include the gods of creation myths, the mythical founders of China's early societies, and the deities of the celestial world, nature, and destiny. There have been few written records of these popular myths and gods in English or Chinese, as they have traditionally been transmitted orally. Highlighting regional variations, this is the ideal companion to deciphering the divine maze of statues in most Chinese temples.
Author: Manchao Cheng
Publisher: Beijing : Foreign Languages Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 272
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough the ages, unique traditions have exerted an influence on the Chinese people's thinking and behavior. Stories about gods, ghosts, fairies and spirits have emerged in the course of social progress. With abundant historical materials and exhaustive studies over many years, the author provides a vivid and interesting account of the twenty-nine widely known and revered gods who influenced the lives of the Chinese people for many centuries. They include the Bodhisattva Guanyin, a goddess who helps the needy and relieves the distressed; Zhong Kui, a hero in vanquishing ghosts and demons; Kitchen God, who is in charge of blessing the mortal; King of Hell, sovereign of the ghost world; Jade Emperor, the highest ruler in Heaven; and Jiang Taigong, who is responsible for granting titles to gods. Why and how are they enshrined and worshiped by the masses and even by the rulers? This book gives the answers scientifically and objectively, thus presenting one aspect of the Chinese popular culture. This is helpful in the understanding of people's religious beliefs, and of archeology, history, sociology, psychology, and folk literature. -- From publisher's description.
Author: Grange Books PLC
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9781840131208
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIllustrated with a beautiful selection of Chinese art and artefacts, Chinese Gods and Myths is a concise and lively introduction to Oriental mythology.
Author: Tammy Gagne
Publisher: ABDO
Published: 2018-12-15
Total Pages: 51
ISBN-13: 1532170661
DOWNLOAD EBOOKImportant subjects of Chinese mythology include Emperor Huang Di, the goddess of immortality Xiwangmu, and the winged dragon Yinglong. Chinese Gods, Heroes, and Mythology explores the gods, heroes, creatures, and stories of Chinese mythology, in addition to examining their influence today. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author: Anne Birrell
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 1999-04-26
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780801861833
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Chinese Mythology, Anne Birrell provides English translations of some 300 representative myth narratives selected from over 100 classical texts, many of which have never before been translated into any Western language. Organizing the narratives according to themes and motifs common to world mythology, Birrell addresses issues of source, dating, attribution, textural variants, multiforms, and context. Drawing on exhaustive work in comparative mythology, she surveys the development of Chinese myth studies, summarizes the contribution of Chinese and Japanese scholars to the study of Chinese myth since the 1920s, and examines special aspects of traditional approaches to Chinese myth. The result is an unprecedented guide to the study of Chinese myth for specialists and nonspecialists alike.
Author: Trenton Campbell
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Published: 2014-07-15
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1622753941
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis authoritative volume examines the two main faiths, Confucianism and Daoism, that developed before China had meaningful contact with the rest of the world. Aspects of Buddhism later joined features of these faiths to form elements of Chinese ideology and, with the beliefs in immortals and the worship of ancestors, they led to a popular religion. The narrative describes the gods and goddesses that dominated China's mythology and folk culture, roughly from the 3rd millennium to 221 BCE, including the Baxian (Eight Immortals), Chang'e (moon goddess), Guandi (god of war), the Men Shen (door spirits), and Pan Gu (first man).