The collection
Gods & Deities
The figures behind the legends.
Creation & mythEarly traditions; surviving Tang and later imagery
Chang’e: The Moon Goddess and the Elixir of Immortality
An elixir carries Chang’e to the moon, but different tellings give very different meanings to her departure from earth.
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Creation & myth
Han-period records and later retellings
Nüwa: The Goddess Who Mended the Sky
Read the sky-repair myth and discover why Nüwa’s creation of people should be treated as a related, separate tradition.
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