Heavenly Archer
Hmong · demigod · Hmong/Miao mythic age of many suns · Recorded classification
Demigod / culture-hero (a heroic archer of the mythic age). English title leads; native RPA Yaj Yuam in alt/transliterations.
Domains
- sun and sky order
- archery and the hunt
Powers
- Shoots down the many suns and moons scorching the world
Sources
- Yaj Yuam, the Hmong 'Heavenly Archer' corresponding to the Chinese Houyi, shot down the surplus suns and moons, the last sun being coaxed back by the rooster.: Charles Johnson (ed.), Dab Neeg Hmoob: Myths, Legends and Folk Tales from the Hmong of Laos, Macalester College, 1985 (secondary); Nicholas Tapp, 'Hmong Religion', Asian Folklore Studies, vol. 48, no. 1, 1989 (secondary)