Houyi

Chinese · demigod · mythic · demigod

Divine archer who shot down nine suns; husband of Chang'e.

Domains

archery
sun

Powers

Shoot down nine of ten suns
Slay man-eating beasts and monsters
Receive the elixir of immortality from the Queen Mother of the West

Epithets

后羿
宗布神

Relations

spouse: Chang'e

Sources

Huainanzi, 2nd c. BCE
Shanhaijing, c. 4th c. BCE–2nd c. CE

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