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Xihe, the goddess of the sun in ancient Chinese mythology.

Xihe, the goddess of the sun in ancient Chinese mythology.

​Xihe (Chinese: 羲和; pinyin: Xīhé; Wade–Giles: Hsi-ho), was a solar deity in Chinese mythology. The earliest depiction of Xihe can be found in the “Classic of Mountains and Seas: South Classic of the Great Wilderness.” It states, “In the midst of the great wilderness, there is a mountain called Mount Tiantai, where seawater flows into.

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金乌JINWU: The Legend of the Golden Crow in Chinese Mythology.

In ancient Chinese mythology, Jīn Wū (金乌) is a sunbird that symbolizes the sun and appears in various ancient texts such as the Shan Hai Jing (山海经) and the Huai Nan Zi (淮南子). According to these texts, Jīn Wū is one of the ten suns born to Emperor Jun (帝俊) and Xihe (羲和), possessing both

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