Hou Yi
The divine archer who saved the world by shooting down nine of the ten suns. His heroic act brought salvation to humanity but cost him his immortality and eventual separation from his beloved wife Chang'e.
Divine domains
Gods of Heroism
5 deities from 5 traditions whose entries in this atlas list heroism among their domains, grouped by tradition.
Chinese
Greek
Perseus
Hero who slew the Gorgon Medusa and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster. Son of Zeus and Danae, conceived when Zeus visited her as a shower of golden rain.
Japanese
Susanoo
God of storms, sea, and chaos. Brother of Amaterasu. Initially wild but later heroic. Famous for slaying the eight-headed dragon Yamata no Orochi.
Mesoamerican
Hunahpu and Xbalanque
The Hero Twins of Maya mythology, sons of the maize god Hun Hunahpu. Through cleverness and sacrifice, they defeated the lords of death and became the sun and moon.
Mesopotamian
Gilgamesh
The legendary king of Uruk, two-thirds divine and one-third mortal. Gilgamesh is the protagonist of humanity's oldest epic and a deified hero who became a judge of the underworld.
Quick answers
- Who is the Chinese god of heroism?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Chinese deity whose domains include heroism is Hou Yi.
- Who is the Greek god of heroism?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Greek deity whose domains include heroism is Perseus.
- Who is the Japanese god of heroism?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Japanese deity whose domains include heroism is Susanoo.
- Who is the Mesoamerican god of heroism?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Mesoamerican deity whose domains include heroism is Hunahpu and Xbalanque.
- Who is the Mesopotamian god of heroism?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Mesopotamian deity whose domains include heroism is Gilgamesh.
Related domains
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