. The mythology of all races. 72 CHINESE MYTHOLOGY Chiu-hua, Wu-tai and O-mei, are all foreign in their originand do not call for attention among national legends. Tien Hou, goddess of the sea, is reputed to have been thesixth daughter of Lin Yiian of the Pu-tien district of FukienProvince, who lived during the Sung dynasty. From childhoodshe possessed supernatural powers. Her brother carried on asea-trade. Whenever a great wind arose at sea, she closed hereyes and went forth in her divine power and rescued her Fig. 14. Tien Hou She died at twenty years of age, but continued to exerc
. The mythology of all races. 72 CHINESE MYTHOLOGY Chiu-hua, Wu-tai and O-mei, are all foreign in their originand do not call for attention among national legends. Tien Hou, goddess of the sea, is reputed to have been thesixth daughter of Lin Yiian of the Pu-tien district of FukienProvince, who lived during the Sung dynasty. From childhoodshe possessed supernatural powers. Her brother carried on asea-trade. Whenever a great wind arose at sea, she closed hereyes and went forth in her divine power and rescued her Fig. 14. Tien Hou She died at twenty years of age, but continued to exercise herspiritual powers on the sea. She is worshipped by all sea-faringpersons. She was canonized by the Emperor Yung Lo, , of the Ming dynasty, as Heavenly Consort {tHenfet). There is a large temple in her honour on the NorthSoochow Road, at the corner of Honan Road, Shanghai, whichwas for many years used as the home of envoys going from orreturning to China. She is also worshipped by persons jour-neying on rivers and canals. Chuan Hou, goddess of streams, SPIRITS OF NATURE 73 is a variation in name of this goddess. There is also a ruler ofwater, Shui Chiin, who rides on a horse in the water and has ahuman form. He is followed in his course by fish. In the lat-ter part of the Han dynasty he is said to have been seen duringa sacrifice to the rivers. The wind god is called either Feng Po or Feng Shih. He isidentified with the constellation Sagittarius, as strong windscome from the north-west. The rain g
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