Niutou
Chinese · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
The arresting officers. Chinese hell is entered under escort by two figures with animal heads and human bodies carrying implements of restraint, and they are as familiar in Chinese popular culture as any deity in this batch — which makes their absence from a six-thousand-figure registry of world mythology a notable one.
Domains
- underworld
Relations
- companion: MamianNamed in one breath with him, always.Reference treatment of Ox-Head and Horse-Face, who are named and act together. (secondary)
- subordinate to: Yanluo WangReference treatment of the two bringing the dead before Yan for judgment. (secondary)
Sources
- Niutou, Ox-Head, is one of the two guardians of the Chinese hell who bring the newly dead before Yanluo Wang for judgment.: Reference treatment of Ox-Head and Horse-Face. (secondary)