Ngweg, the dragon king and ruler of the waters
Zhuang · deity · Zhuang traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Ngweg is the dragon king of the Zhuang and ruler of the waters, the lowest of the three cosmic realms. Lord of the rivers, springs and the submerged world, he is the counterpart of the thunder god Gyaj in heaven and the creator Baeuqloxdoh on the human earth. The dragon king commands floods and the river-waters that irrigate the wet-rice terraces of the Guangxi karst valleys, and offerings are made to him to secure water and avert inundation.
Domains
- rivers and the waters
Powers
- to rule the rivers and govern the floods
Epithets
- NgwegHolm, David. Recalling Lost Souls: The Baeu Rodo Scriptures, Tai Cosmogonic Texts from Guangxi in Southern China. Bangkok: White Lotus, 2004. (secondary)
Sources
- Ngweg is the Zhuang dragon king, ruler of the watery realm and one of the three rulers of the Zhuang cosmos alongside the thunder god of heaven and the creator of earth.: Holm, David. Recalling Lost Souls: The Baeu Rodo Scriptures, Tai Cosmogonic Texts from Guangxi in Southern China. Bangkok: White Lotus, 2004. (secondary); Holm, David. Killing a Buffalo for the Ancestors: A Zhuang Cosmological Text from Southwest China. DeKalb: Southeast Asia Publications, Northern Illinois University, 2003. (secondary)