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Mythological Chinese rivers are an important motif in Chinese mythology, forming part of a mythological geography. Among mythological Chinese rivers are: Weak River or Weak Water: a river or body of such low specific gravity that no one can swim nor anything float, not even a feather; Red River or Red Water: one of the colored rivers flowing ...
The Weak River also known as the Weak Water or Ruoshui (Chinese: 弱水; lit. 'weak water') is an important feature in the mythical geography of Chinese literature, including novels and poetry over a course of over two millennia from the Warring States to early Han dynasty era poetry of the Chuci onward.
The mythology or religion of most cultures incorporate a god of death or, more frequently, a divine being closely associated with death, an afterlife, or an underworld. They are often amongst the most powerful and important entities in a given tradition, reflecting the fact that death, like birth , is central to the human experience.
Gong Gong: water god/sea monster resembling a serpent or dragon; Guan Yu: god of brotherhoods, martial power, and war; Hànbá (旱魃) Houyi: archery deity; married to Chang'e, a moon goddess; Kua Fu: a giant who wanted to capture the sun; Kui Xing: god of examinations and an associate of the god of literature, Wen Chang; Lei Gong: god of thunder
A depiction of Yanluo one of the Ten Kings of Hell. Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.Statue of Yama (Enma) at Nariai-ji. In Chinese culture and religion, King Yan (simplified Chinese: 阎王; traditional Chinese: 閻王; pinyin: Yánwáng) is the god of death and the ruler of Diyu, overseeing the "Ten Kings of Hell" in its capital of Youdu.
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The Vaitarani River (Gurmukhi: ਵੈਤਰਨੀ) is a river that comes on the way to Yama's court after a person dies. The Vaitarani river is also believed to exist by the Hindus. This River is a river full of blood, pus, urine and other filthy things. This river has a very bad smell to it due to it being a river full of filth.
Water god in an ancient Roman mosaic. Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey. A water deity is a deity in mythology associated with water or various bodies of water.Water deities are common in mythology and were usually more important among civilizations in which the sea or ocean, or a great river was more important.