Ehuang
Chinese · mortal · mythic prehistory · Recorded classification
Elder daughter of the sage-king Yao and, with her younger sister Nuying, a wife of Shun — the marriage by which Yao tested Shun's virtue. On Shun's death the two sisters wept until their tears mottled the bamboo of the Xiang, then drowned in the river and became its goddesses (the Xiang Fei). Daughters of the mortal Yao, the sisters are mortal-tier by descent; their godhood is by apotheosis, recorded in vitalStatus.
Parentage
- paternal: Yao
Domains
- rivers
Powers
- Preside as a goddess of the Xiang River
Relations
- spouse: ShunShiji Ch. 1 (primary)
- sibling: NuyingShiji Ch. 1 — both daughters of Yao (primary)
Sources
- existence: Sima Qian, Shiji Ch. 1; Shujing Yao Dian (primary); Chuci (Songs of Chu), "Xiang Jun" / "Xiang Furen" (primary)
- parentage: Shiji Ch. 1 — daughter of Yao (primary)