#Chinese myths

[fluffypotatey]

Do you have a favorite Chinese myth/jttw fun fact that you know?

these prob might sound basic since my knowledge isn’t much but i LOVE the legend between Yi and Change and just the various interpretations of the myth and different reasonings behind why Change drank the vial of immortality

[annachum]

Midgardian kids' in generals to reaction to several deities for the first time in person in MCU

Thor : ' OMG he is SO COOL and SO HANDSOME. He looks like a Nordic surfing dude and he is a FRIEND OF IRON MAN AND HE CAN LITERALLY CONTROL THUNDER AND LIGHTNING AND - '

Zeus : Is this the guy who ends up having a 100 kids and can shoot lightning like Thor does?!

Apollo : * wearing shades and taking out parasols * He's.....BEAUTIFUL....

Sigyn and Persephone : OMG they are so beautiful they are like fairy princesses ans Queens in the fairytales and -

Loki and Hades : AAAAAAAHH HELP! THEY ARE SO MENACING AND THEY ARE OFTEN WITH THOSE BIG CAPES! HELP!!!

Artemis : OMG she is a total KWEEN BOSS. WE LOVE HER. SHE IS THIS AMAZONIAN HUNTRESS KWEEN AND I LOVE HER LUNAR GLOW AND

Sif : OMG she is so cool and a bit scary at first Yet SUPER COOL. She's like an Amazon Warrior woman yet in Norse version and WE LOVE HER ARMORS AND -

Isis :

Some other kids - Is this the one with wings?

Egyptian kids - * kowtowing and kneeling * OH MIGHT ISIS! WE BOW BEFORE THY MAGNIFICENT PRESENCE!!!!

Anahita ( Persian Goddess of Water ) :

Some other kids - Is this one of those goddesses that can control water?

Iranic kids - * intense fan boying/fan Girling mode and praying in Iranic languages *

Parvati ( Hindu Goddess of Love ) :

Some other kids - Is this the one with lotuses....?

South Asian kids - * intense screaming, fan boying/Girling, praying and scuffle to hug her first ( before Pavarati graciously told them to line up for free hugs. Bless )

Bonus

Kamala and her South Asian friends : * literally similar reaction as above AND Kamala on the verge of hyperventilating *

Sun Wu Kong ( a ' Great Sage ' in Jade Heavens and a magical monkey spirit, who is famous for being amongst those who accompanied Tan Sanzang to a pilgrimage to India in Journey to the West ) :

Some other kids - That's the monkey with kung fu skills, right? RIGHT?! 🤩🤩🤩🤩

Chinese kids - * absolutely LOST IT - SCREAMING, ON THE VERGE OF FAINTING, BAWLING ALL FIGHTING TO HUG WUKONG FIRST, before Wu Kong just laughed graciously and encouraged the kids to line up for free hugs. Bless *

Bonus

Shang Chi and his Chinese friends : * similar reaction as above and Shang Chi is on the verge of fainting from excitement and joy *

🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[dorothygale123]

So I was doing more research (like you do), this time here:

It's like, a dollar on Kindle, but anyway.

I was reading the section about Xiwangmu, the Queen Mother of the West (pg 35), and it said that her consort was Dongwanggong, the King Father of the East, NOT the Jade Emperor. While this is likely just the kind of inconsistency that happens to a mythology over eons and vast distances, but it got me thinking about a story from my other source:

The story of the Queen of Heaven, Tian Hou/Tian Fe Niang Niang (pg 104). Now, being described as the Queen of Heaven one would expect her to be consort to the ruler of heaven, the Jade Emperor, but I couldn't find any sources claiming that. They all said the Jade Emperor's consort was Xiwangmu.

I also had Nu Wa, an early earth goddess, on the mind because she shows up in both books. Her parentage is a bit wobbly because of how old she is, with some sources claiming her to be the daughter of the Jade Emperor, while others say she's the child of Huaxu (another powerful goddess) and Leigong, the god of thunder, along with her twin brother/husband Fu Xi.

Now, taking all this scattered and messy mythology I thought: how can I clean this up so it fits in a modern story (like LMK) in a way that makes sense? Here's what I came up with:

The Jade Emperor and Xiwangmu are both on their second marriage. JE's first wife was Tian Hou, XWM's first hubby was DWG. Both couples split for some reason before JE and XWM got together.

Nu Wa is a child from XWM's first marriage with DWG, making her JE's stepdaughter rather than his biological daughter, while Fu Xi is still the child of Huaxu and Leigong because I know gods are different, but incest is still yuck.

I know trying to iron out mythology is a pointless endeavor because they were never meant to hold together in the first place, but I think I did pretty well here. Thoughts?

Sh*tpost Masterlist

[boyakishanaura]

Jesus Christ. Who knows recreating the Chinese mythological story scheme into a reperspectived version of itself would be so fucking hard.

[bonesmarinated]

Sun Wukong in opera costume, took some inspiration from his design in Black Myth: Wukong but I tweak his face to be more monke 🍑🍑🍑

[eggwhiteswithspinach]

chinese myths of peaches

[queerasianmyths]

The Tale of the Rabbit God

This telling of the myth comes from Zibuyu, or What the Master would not discuss. A translation of old Chinese myths into modern Mandarin, this particular translation was done by Nathaniel Hu, however there are other English translations on the internet.

In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, there was a certain yushi (censor)who had completed the civil examination in his young age. When He made an inspection tour to Fujian, there was a man named Hu Tianbao, who was smitten by his outstanding beauty (this young censor was a pretty boy). Wherever he went out in his sedan chair or in the court, Hu would steal glances on him. The censor felt uneasy, puzzled by Hu's behavior, and his subordinates dared not speak up.

Not long afterward, the censor went to inspect another county, and Hu followed him. Along the way, he secretly hid in toilet to peek at his buttocks. The censor more suspicious than ever summoned him for questioning. At first Hu remained silent, but after three strokes of cane he confessed “The truth is I was taken by his Excellency’s good looking, and could not get you out of my mind. I realize you are heavenly cassia, out of bonds from common birds. But my heart already runs away, so without meaning to, I have behaved so improperly." Hearing this, the censor flew into rage. He immediately ordered his subordinatest o kill him under a dead tree. 

A month later Hu Tianbao's soul appeared in the dream of a man from the same district, to pass his message "Because my mind carried away by improper thoughts, I offended a guiren(a person of high rank), so it was appropriate that I died this way. But truly it was pure act of love, a moment of infatuation and nothing at all like mischievousness. The official of underworld mocked me, but none was blame me. Now the official of underworld was appointed me as the Rabbit God, bestowing me with the duty of supervising matters relating to men who desire other men. Please build a temple for me,and invite the public to offer incense and candles."

There had long been talk of a custom existing in Fujian, where men sought other men to be hisqidi(bond younger brothers). As words from the man's dream spread, everyone rushed to collect donations and erect a temple. The result was positive and immediate. All who desired secret rendezvous or had been frustrated in their pursuit of other man, flocked to offer prayers. 

Cheng Yumen (The author's friend) said "This handsome censor has not read the chapter in Yanzi Chunqiu, where Duke Jing of Qi was advised not to kill his feather man.

Mr. Di Weiren had a different story. It is said that Di was young and handsome when he was a compiler in the Hanlin Academy. There was a young man who stepped forward to be his driver; he was working hardly while declining payment. Di was very pleased with him. Before long, the driver became seriously sick, there was no doctor or medicine could save him. As he was about to die, he called his master and told him "I, your servant will soon die and must tell you something. I am dying because I am smitten by your good looking." Mr Di laughed and touched his shoulder "Silly boy, if that is how you felt, why you didn’t tell it earlier." He arranged a proper funeral for him.

Notes

Qidi (bond younger brothers) has connotation for gay partners.

Duke Jing of Qi was said to be very handsome. One of his yuren (feathermen) was once staring at him with desire. It make the Duke very angry and nearly killed him

Yuren or feather man is an official who responsible for gathering feathers for tribute

[anfie01]

OH HEAR ME OUT🧏

Ok.... thats it.. Immaa leave it here....

Ok imagine you getting railed- and rocked by the monkey, spesifically destined one aka the young Sage wukong 🧏 because he gonna tremble to dead.....

[s0rr3l]

i’ve jumped feet first into the hole of black myth wukong!!!

and also caved and drew an oc

this is Lǐyú (鲤鱼) meaning carp (uh but i found this through google translate so take that w/ a grain of salt)

carp are considered lucky in chinese culture - its what im basing their ‘powers’ on, they have good and bad luck

and guess who’s lucky enough to be pulled into bmw :)

also gave a name to the destined one since ‘destined one’ is a mouth full

name i picked for him is yēzi (椰子) which means coconut!! was looking up stone fruit and cocnuts re one of them, plus he was (presumably) born on flower fruit mountain, he might have been given a fruit name before being whisked away to train for his destiny

uh anyway not canon but i thought it was cute

massive shoutout to everyone in the black myth wukong/wukong x reader tag bcs y’all inspired me to draw my oc! wanted to join the fun so here i am

[m1nsur0]

Denizens of Spring

[Sun Wukong & The Destined One]

[lulila-safu]

unfinished doodles

I'm currently drawing the 5th piece

[annachum]

Okay so a number of Goddesses are symbols of female empowerment in various forms

Athena teaches us the value of wit and warriors can be in multiple ways, not just by ways of swords

Artemis teaches us the value of sisterhood and defense of LGBTQ

Aphrodite teaches us the value of healthily embrace and weaponize one's femininity and charms

Hestia teaches us the value of defending one's steads and that handling domestic affairs is no walk in the park

Persephone teaches us the value embrace both are lighter and darker sides, and writing our own stories

Sigyn teaches us the values of victory that can be achieved without ever having to pick up a sword

Frigga teaches us about the plight and power of true motherhood

Sif teaches us about the plight of harvesters and warriors

Eir and Hygeia teaches us the value of medicine and healing, and how one can be empowering without ever having to pick up a sword

Isis teaches us to channel our struggles into strengths

Hathor teaches us to healthily embrace our sensualities and feminine powers

The Weaving Princess teaches us to battle odds in the name of love

Parvati teaches us to embrace love healthily in all forms

Women can be empowering in multiple ways, not just in ways of a warrior

[dorothygale123]

Sorry I haven't been posting for a couple days, I'm sick and my throat both feels and sounds like a garbage disposal.

Anyway, what I wanted to talk about was a little warning to my fellow mythology nerds out there. I've been on a bit of a search for books on Chinese mythology lately for more research material, and some people may be familiar with the one I'm reading right now.

What you may not know is that this book

This book

And this book

Are all THE SAME BOOK.

And I mean that literally, they are the same book with the same stories and the same content, which was more than a little frustrating for me when I bought the second one thinking "Hey, new book!" only to realize it was the exact same as the one I had been reading and I needed to make a return.

Sigh.

Now you may prefer one book over the other aestheticly because of their covers or want hardcover over paperback or visa versa, but if you plan on getting one of these book make sure you get ONE. It's a good resource, but I have no idea what possesed the publisher to give it 3 different covers in print at the same time.

I'd like to make clear that if you're interested in Chinese mythology I do recommend this book, I just don't want anyone else to get tripped up like I did.

[rovobeam]

thats official I'm never drawing armor ever again

[journeytothewestresearch]

A Catalog of the Monkey King’s Magic Powers and Skills

I am happy to announce that I've finished my 177-page catalog of Sun Wukong's powers from all 100 chapters of Journey to the West. Fans of Lego Monkie Kid and Black Myth: Wukong, fanfiction writers, and artists will certainly find it useful.