Zhurong
Zhurong ( Chinese 祝融 , Pinyin Zhùróng , W.-G. Chu-jung ) is the god of fire and ruler of the south in Chinese mythology .
Chapter 18 of the Classic of Mountains and Seas reported that Zhurong the mythical Emperor of the fifth generation of descendants of Yan Di counts. His mother was Xiqi , and Zhurong was the father of Gonggong , the god of water, and the grandfather of Shuqi and Houtu , the god of the earth.
Chapter 16 of the Shanhaijing, however, reports that Zhurong was descended from Zhuanxu , who in turn was a descendant of Huangdi .
Chapter 6 of Shanhaijing describes Zhurong as a deity with a human face and the body of a wild animal. He rode two dragons, symbolizing his extraordinary power. Chapter 18 reports that Zhurong killed the deity Gun , who stole the magical substance Xirang , which was used to build levees to prevent flooding. In some versions of the Gonggong myth, it is said that Zhurong was a rival of the Gonggong alongside the towering figures Ku , Zhuanxu and Shennong . This illustrates the high status of Zhurong in Chinese mythology and popular belief . It is said that Zhurong defeated Gonggong and that because of this the angry Gonggong threw himself against Mount Buzhou and thereby destroyed one of the pillars of heaven.
Zhurong is especially venerated in the southern Chinese province of Hunan . In the written Chinese language, the word Zhurong is sometimes synonymous with fire .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Yang Lihui and An Deming: Handbook of Chinese mythology . ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara 2005, ISBN 1-57607-806-X , pp. 248 f .
- ↑ Josef Guter: Lexicon of the gods and symbols of the ancient Chinese: Manual of the mystical and magical world of China . Marix-Verlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-04-5 , pp. 380 .