Houtu
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Houtu (Chinese:后土), also Hou Tu or Hou Tu Niang Niang (Chinese 厚 土 娘 娘), in Chinese mythology, is the deity of the earth and soil. Houtu is of ambiguous gender.[1]
Han Wudi
Houtu was worshiped by Emperor Wu of Han in 113 BC.[2]
Yellow River Map
Hutu is featured in some versions of the myth of the Great Flood of China: Yu did not do such a great job of channeling the Yellow River into the sea, dredging the wrong way. Sacred Mother Houtu then made the Yellow River Map, and sent one of her divine messenger birds to tell Yu what to do; specifically, that he should open a channel to the east, to allow the right drainage.[3]
Notes
Works cited
- Yang, Lihui, et al. (2005). Handbook of Chinese Mythology. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-533263-6
See also
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