Norse
Odin
wisdom, poetry, war
Hòu Yì
Chinese tradition. See the whole pantheon.
- Domains
- archer who shot down suns
- Symbols and attributes
- Bow
- Partner
- Cháng'é
Key myth
When ten suns rose together, scorching the land, the archer Yi shot nine down, in the Huainanzi. In the Huainanzi too, his wife Chang'e steals the elixir he received from the Queen Mother of the West.
Place in the family graph
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Elsewhere in the world
Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Hòu Yì: the sun and light, war and fighting. This is overlap in one area only.