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Shen Yi

by Micha F. Lindemans

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The Chinese sun god. When the earth was scorched by the heat of ten
suns, he shot nine with his arrows and became the ruler of the
remaining one. This feat earned him the title of "Heavenly Archer".
The goddess Xi Wang-mu granted him the drought of immortality, and he
went to the abode of the immortals. His wife Heng O tried to drink the
draught too, but he caught her before she could drink all of it. As a
result, she did not reach Heaven and had to settle on the moon. The
wind god Fei Lian is his eternal enemy. Sheng Yi is portrayed with a
sun in his hand.

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Shen I

Article created on 03 March 1997; last modified on 01 April 1997.
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