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Myths featuring Ra

Explore myths where Ra appears across cultures, conflicts, sacred places, and recurring themes.

365 myths currently featured for Ra.

Sun Wukong Diving into the Eastern Sea to Extort a Weapon from the Dragon King

🐉 Chinese MythologyCrystal Palace of the Dragon King of the East SeaSun Wukong • Ao Guang • Ao Qin

After achieving immortality and mastery over his monkey tribe at Flower-Fruit Mountain, Sun Wukong realizes that ordinary weapons are too fragile for his divine strength. He travels to the underwater realm of the East China Sea to demand a worthy treasure from Ao Guang, the Dragon King. There, he discovers and claims the Ruyi Jingu Bang, a massive iron pillar once used to measure the depths...

Shen Gongbao Losing His Head in a Wager with Jiang Ziya

🐉 Chinese MythologyKunlun Mountains, Xinjiang, ChinaShen Gongbao • Jiang Ziya • Yuanshi Tianzun

Shen Gongbao, an arrogant Taoist and rival to Jiang Ziya, challenges his brother-in-discipleship to a magical wager on the slopes of the Kunlun Mountains. He attempts to prove his superiority by magically detaching his head and letting it fly through the sky, but nearly loses it permanently when a celestial crane intervenes. This legendary confrontation highlights the diverging paths of the...

Nezha Fighting His Father Li Jing Until Subdued by the Burning Lamp Pagoda

🐉 Chinese MythologyMount Emei, Sichuan, ChinaNezha • Li Jing • Randeng Daoren

After his resurrection from a lotus flower, the rebellious Nezha sought revenge against his father, Li Jing, for destroying his earthly shrine. The chase spanned the heavens and the earth until Li Jing, exhausted and near defeat, was granted a magical golden pagoda by the sage Randeng Daoren. This divine artifact successfully trapped and subdued Nezha, forcing a reconciliation and...

Taiyi Zhenren Resurrecting Nezha Using Magic Lotus Roots and Leaves

🐉 Chinese MythologyMount Qianyuan, Sichuan, ChinaNezha • Taiyi Zhenren • Li Jing

After Nezha commits ritual suicide to save his family from the wrath of the Dragon Kings, his spirit seeks refuge with his mentor, the Daoist immortal Taiyi Zhenren. Using the divine properties of lotus roots, leaves, and blossoms from his celestial pond, Taiyi reconstructs a new, immortal body for his disciple. This rebirth transforms Nezha into a powerful deity, equipped with magical...

Nezha Born as a Fleshy Ball

🐉 Chinese MythologyChengtang PassNezha • Li Jing • Taiyi Zhenren

The story of Nezha, a divine being born after an abnormally long pregnancy, who emerged from his mother's womb as a ball of flesh before transforming into a powerful boy. His rebellious nature and supernatural strength lead to conflicts with the Dragon King of the East Sea.

Panhu the Dragon-Dog Slaying the Enemy General to Marry the Emperor's Princess

🐉 Chinese MythologyWuling MountainsPanhu • Emperor Gao Xin • The Princess

In ancient China, a miraculous five-colored dragon-dog named Panhu answered an Emperor's call to defeat a dangerous rebel general. After bringing the enemy's head to the court, Panhu underwent a magical transformation to marry the Emperor's daughter. Together, they founded the ancestral lineages of the Yao and She people within the remote Wuling Mountains.

Yu the Great Cleaving the Sanmenxia Gorge

🐉 Chinese MythologySanmenxia Gorge, Henan, ChinaYu the Great • The Divine Dragon • Gun

Yu the Great combats a catastrophic flood by redirecting the Yellow River. With the help of a divine dragon, he cleaves through the rocky Sanmenxia Gorge to allow the waters to flow freely to the sea.

Wu Gang Endlessly Chopping the Self-Healing Osmanthus Tree on the Moon

🐉 Chinese MythologyMount Tai, Shandong, ChinaWu Gang • Jade Emperor • Chang'e

Wu Gang is a legendary figure in Chinese mythology punished for his lack of focus during his quest for immortality. He was sent to the Moon and commanded to fell a massive, self-healing osmanthus tree. Because the tree heals every wound as soon as his axe is withdrawn, his task remains eternally unfinished.

Chang'e Transforming into the Moon Goddess Accompanied by the Jade Rabbit

🐉 Chinese MythologyMount Tai (Moon Proxy), Shandong, ChinaChang'e • Hou Yi • Jade Rabbit

The legend tells of Chang'e, a beautiful woman who became the Goddess of the Moon after consuming an elixir of immortality. Her husband, the heroic archer Hou Yi, had saved the world from ten scorching suns but chose to remain mortal to be with her. After a betrayal by a greedy apprentice forced Chang'e to drink the potion alone, she floated to the moon, where she resides forever in a cold...

Chang'e Swallowing the Elixir of Immortality and Floating Up to the Moon

🐉 Chinese MythologyMount Tai (Moon Proxy), Shandong, ChinaChang'e • Hou Yi • Xi Wangmu

Chang'e, the devoted wife of the legendary archer Hou Yi, becomes the goddess of the Moon after consuming a divine elixir of immortality. Originally granted to Hou Yi for saving the world from ten scorching suns, the elixir was consumed by Chang'e to protect it from a treacherous apprentice. She ascended to the lunar palace, where she remains eternally separated from her husband, inspiring...