Chang'e

Moon goddess who drank her husband Houyi's elixir and fled to the moon.

Domains

• moon

Powers

• Ascend bodily to the moon
• Become an immortal and dwell on the moon

Epithets

• 月神 chinese · Yuèshén · cultGoddess of the MoonHuainanzi 淮南子, Lanming xun (Chang'e fleeing to the moon with Yi's elixir) (primary)
• 太陰星君 chinese · Tàiyīn Xīngjūn · cultStellar Lord of the Great Yin (the Moon); her Daoist titleDaoist astral cult; the Taiyin (lunar) deity tradition (secondary)

Relations

• spouse: HouyiChang'e drinks the elixir of immortality her husband Houyi obtained and ascends to the moon.Huainanzi, Lanming xun (Chang'e flees to the moon with Houyi's elixir) (primary); Yang & An, Handbook of Chinese Mythology (2005), s.v. Chang'e (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Huainanzi, Lanming chapter, 2nd c. BCE (primary)