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Hebo is the god of the Yellow River, [4] one of the world's major rivers with close association to Chinese culture. Reflecting the personification of the Yellow River, Hebo has been regarded as benevolent, but also greedy, unpredictable, and dangerously destructive.
Juling Shen (simplified Chinese: 巨灵神; traditional Chinese: 巨靈神; pinyin: Jù Líng Shén; lit. 'god of giant spirit') is a gigantic river god in Chinese mythology. He is usually associated with the Yellow River.
The Shang nature cult also recognized the mountain god Yue (岳), and He (河), a god representing the Yellow River. [51] [52] These two were sometimes called 'high ancestors', and were also the subjects of an ancestor cult – making the distinction between nature and ancestor spirits for the Shang less clear. [53] [54]
Hebo, the god of the Yellow River is supposed to have provided Yu with a map of the river and its surroundings which helped him make his plans. [23] Alternatively, the Yellow River map is said to have been provided to Yu by Houtu .
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.
Fuxi was known as the "original god", and he was said to have been born in the lower-middle reaches of the Yellow River in a place called Chengji (成紀) (possibly modern Lantian, Shaanxi province, or Tianshui, Gansu province).
According to the Chinese legend Yu the Great was a man-god. [citation needed] Archaeological evidence of a large outburst flood at Jishi Gorge on the Yellow River has been dated c. 1920 BC. This coincides with new cultures all along the Yellow River.
White River or White Water: one of the colored rivers flowing from Kunlun; Black River or Black Water: one of the colored rivers flowing from Kunlun; Yellow River: a colored river flowing from mount Kunlun. Often identified with the real Yellow River. Once drunk dry by Kua Fu and also said to have been ruled by the deity He Bo