According to Chinese mythology, the Love God, or Yue Lao, is in possession of a “book of marriages,” and can find and bind you to the one you're meant to be with, with a red string. The story goes that during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), a man asked the Love God to show him his future wife.
Chang'e. Chang'e, the goddess of the moon, was another of the most popular deities in ancient China and is the most often mentioned deity in Chinese poetry and literature. She was the consort of the archer god Hou Yi who saved her during a lunar eclipse and brought her back safely.
In Chinese mythology, Jiutian Xuannü is the goddess of war, sex, and longevity.
The name Guan Yin also spelt Guan Yim, Kuan Yim, Kwan Im, or Kuan Yin, is a short form for Kuan-shi Yin, meaning "Observing the Sounds (or Cries) of the (human) World". In Chinese Buddhism, Guan Yin is synonymous with the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, the pinnacle of mercy, compassion, kindness and love.
Yang Asha (Chinese: 仰阿莎; also spelt Yang'asha) is a goddess of beauty, worshipped by Miao people.
Fulushou, Wade-Giles romanization Fu-Lu-Shou, in Chinese mythology, a collective term for the three so-called stellar gods, taken from their names: Fuxing, Luxing, and Shouxing.
Benten (Goddess of Love)
Fu Shen, also spelled Fushen, a Chinese god of happiness, the deification of a 6th-century mandarin.
Chinese: Guanyin (觀音), Guanshiyin (觀世音)
Wang Mu Niang Niang as depicted on a painting (detail) by Xie Wenli. Wang Mu Niang Niang, Queen Mother of the West, is the Chinese Tao goddess of life, fertility and immortality.
During over three millennia of imperial rule, Wu Zetian was the only woman to ever rule China in her own right, so no list of famous Chinese women is complete without her. Wu was born on the 17th of February 624 in Lizhou China, under the Tang Dynasty, and her father was a wealthy man.
Wangmu Niangniang, the Queen Mother of the West
She is believed to be the highest and most powerful goddess in Chinese mythology who has complete control over life, happiness, and immortality.
Nüwa, also read Nügua, is the mother goddess of Chinese mythology. She is credited with creating humanity and repairing the Pillar of Heaven.
The Queen of Heaven, who is also known as the Holy Mother, was in mortal life a maiden of Fukien, named Lin. She was pure, reverential and pious in her ways and died at the age of seventeen. She shows her power on the seas and for this reason the seamen worship her.
The Queen Mother of the West, Xiwangmu, was the most prominent female deity in early Chinese mythology.
God of Dreams
In Chinese legends, if an important thing is going to happen to someone, the Duke of Zhou will let the person know through dreams: hence the Chinese expression "Dreaming of Zhou Gong". Zhou Gong's Explanations of Dreams (Chinese: 周公解夢, pinyin: Zhōu gōng jiěmèng) is attributed to him.
Aphrodite is the ancient Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty, identified with Venus by the Romans. She was known primarily as a goddess of love and fertility and occasionally presided over marriage.
Jacheongbi is one of the most popular goddesses among Jeju people – especially, the island's women. A particularly strong figure, she is primarily an earth goddess – and also, a goddess of love.
Tianzhu (Chinese: 天主), meaning "Heavenly Master" or "Lord of Heaven", was the Chinese word used by the Jesuit China missions to designate God.
In Taoism, the Four Symbols have been assigned human identities and names. The Azure Dragon is named Meng Zhang (孟章), the Vermilion Bird is called Ling Guang (陵光), the White Tiger Jian Bing (監兵), and the Black Tortoise Zhi Ming (執明).
The kitchen deity – also known as the Stove God, named Zao Jun, Zao Shen, Tsao Chun, Zao kimjah, Cokimjah or Zhang Lang – is the most important of a plethora of Chinese domestic gods that protect the hearth and family.
Hua Hsien, the flower goddesses of the Taoists, have traditionally been represented carrying flower-filled baskets. In Taoist symbolism, the four seasons were denoted by the white plum blossom of winter, the peony of spring, the lotus of summer, and the chrysanthemum of autumn.
Chinese folklore tells of a fantastic sun goddess Named Xihe, who was married to the great god Di Jun, along with his second wife Changxi the Goddess of the Moon. Xihe is best known for her giving birth to the ten suns, which are depicted as three-legged crows perched in the branches of a grand mulberry tree.