![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Because of his close ties to the rivers in China, this may be why he is associated with the dragon. Fuxi’s Lessonsįuxi taught the Chinese how to hunt with bone and bamboo weapons, how to fish with nets, and how to cook. Fuxi’s mythology is complex – there are also Chinese tales featuring Fuxi as one of the first Chinese emperors. Fuxi was born beside the Yellow River, with his twin sister Nuwa, who he would marry and establish the marital ritual for the Chinese culture. Born to a powerful being Hua Hsu, Fuxi was a half-man half-serpent creature that came to be known as the “first human being”. Fuxi: The Chinese Dragon Godįuxi is a figure and dragon god in Chinese mythology. As well as ancient and Medieval dragon goddesses Melusine, Medea, Hecate, Cailleach and Nuwa. Here we meet the dragon god Fuxi, the Dragon King and Slavic god Veles. Claude Lecouteux, a french folklorist, theorizes that dragons were guardians of sacred places in nature – caves, rivers, and mountains. Dragon gods and goddesses sprang up from the belief in the dragon or perhaps vice versa. In many ancient cultures all over the world, the “mythical” dragon was both feared and honored. Our ancient ancestors were animistic so to find an image of a god or goddess in the likeness of an animal was commonplace. The gods of the ancient were intimiately connected to animals. ![]()
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