Fuxi
Chinese · deity · primordial · deity
Serpent-bodied culture hero, brother-consort of Nüwa, inventor of the trigrams.
Domains
- civilization
- divination
Powers
- Devise the eight trigrams
- Teach nets, fishing, and animal-rearing
- Institute the rites of marriage
- Replace knotted cords with the first written signs
Epithets
- 太昊
- 庖犧
- 伏羲
- 羲皇
Relations
Sources
- Xici (Great Commentary to the Yijing), c. 4th–3rd c. BCE
- Sima Qian, Shiji, c. 94 BCE