Nuying
Chinese · mortal · mythic prehistory · Recorded classification
Younger daughter of the sage-king Yao and, with her elder sister Ehuang, a wife of Shun. The two sisters drowned in the Xiang River in grief at Shun's death and became its goddesses (the Xiang Fei), invoked in the Chuci. Mortal-tier by descent from the mortal Yao; godhood by apotheosis.
Parentage
- paternal: Yao
Domains
- rivers
Powers
- Preside as a goddess of the Xiang River
Relations
- spouse: ShunShiji Ch. 1 (primary)
- sibling: EhuangShiji 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)