P'an Ku
Americannoun
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When P’an Ku had completed his work in the primitive Chaos, his spirit left its mortal envelope and found itself tossed about in empty space without any fixed support.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
In some of the pictures of P’an Ku he is represented, as already noted, as holding the sun in one hand and the moon in the other.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
P’an Ku and his myth must be regarded rather as an accident than as a creation resulting from any sudden flow of psychological forces or wind of discontent ruffling the placid Chinese mind.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
According to the tradition of Chin Hung, the God of T’ai Shan of the fifth generation from P’an Ku, this being, then called Yüan-shih T’ien-wang, was an avatar of P’an Ku.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
Account of P’an Ku, 77; guardians of temple gates, 146; evil dragons, 208; number of dragons, 209; saviour of the Buddhists in Slow-carts Country, 353 sq.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
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