In Chinese Mythology there is a god to represent everythin

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Gods of Water and Rivers

• English I Louise S. McGehee
• 2005
• By Gina and Kathryn

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Water Gods

• In Chinese Mythology there is a god to
  represent everything from professions like
  butchering and acting, to gods for success and
  childbirth. More importantly, there are many
  water gods, controlling everything from droughts,
  to rain, to floods. Almost all water gods are
  represented as dragons. The major water gods will
  be discussed in these slides.

(Coy Pond)
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Gong Gong

• Description a black water demon
• Gong Gong is one of the better known gods in
  Chinese Mythology, for he created the first
  floods on earth.
• Gong Gong wanted to rule on the throne of heaven
  instead of being a worker there, so he then
  decided to overthrow the current holder of the
  throne, Zhu Rong (the god of fire). They
  started a battle that lasted for many days and to
  the defeat of Gong Gong after falling to earth.

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Gong Gong contd.

• Because of that defeat Gong Gong tried to commit
  suicide by crushing his head on a pillar of
  heaven. Though it worked, it disrupted the
  pattern of the sky, tilted heaven and caused a
  great flood all over earth.

(flood) (Chinese
Characters)
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He Bo

• A mortal man who made a sacrifice and became a
  deity.
• The Yellow River flooded very easily, and that
  endangered many people. A man named He Bo made an
  extreme sacrifice to the river by tying himself
  to rocks and throwing himself to the river. For
  his selfless sacrifice he was made into the god
  and protector of the Yellow River and was granted
  immortality.
• To make sure the Yellow River and He Bo were
  placated young women were thrown into the Yellow
  River as sacrifices which gave them the name of
  the brides of He Bo.

(Upper Region of the Yellow River)
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Lesser Known Gods Goddesses

• Feng Po Po - goddess of winds, that symbolizes
  water, moisture, and precipitation.
• Mo-Hi-Hai - the god of water
• Lo Shen goddess of rivers
• Mo-Hou-Lo-Chia - dragon king, god of all waters

Dragon God of Rain (Edward H. Schafer, Ancient
China, 58)
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