P'an Ku
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The chief gods of medicine are the mythical kings P’an Ku, Fu Hsi, Shên Nung, and Huang Ti.
From Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
According to this, the Male and Female Principles were each subdivided into Greater and Lesser, and then from the interaction of these four agencies a being, named P'an Ku, came into existence.
From Religions of Ancient China by Herbert Allen Giles
P’an Ku and the, 77–78; influences terrestrial events, 176; symbol of the, 176; hare in the, 176, 179; worship of the, 176; Shên I visits the, 187–188 Moon-queen.
From Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
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 E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
P’an Ku is pictured as a man of dwarfish stature clothed in bearskin, or merely in leaves or with an apron of leaves.
From Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
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