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The Fire God Zhurong Executing Gun for His Heavenly Theft

🐉 Chinese MythologyMount Yushan, Jiangsu, ChinaGun ‱ Zhurong ‱ Jade Emperor

When the Great Flood threatened to consume the world, the hero Gun stole the magical expanding soil known as Xirang from the heavens to build dams and save humanity. This act of divine theft enraged the Jade Emperor, who dispatched the Fire God Zhurong to execute Gun on the slopes of Mount Yushan. Though Gun perished, his body remained incorruptible and eventually gave birth to his son, Yu...