Ancient Chinese myths appeared and even were written as far back as the 15th century B.C.
As well as many other ancient peoples, the Chinese present all that exists on earth, including primeval chaos, which created the primogenitors. One of them has created the universe and nature, the other – the gods, heroes and human beings. The fantasy of ancient Chinese has inhabited mysterious lands with long-ear and winged creatures, people with holes in their chests or three-faced ones – there are no beautiful plasticity and slenderness of the Greek gods and heroes, and they strike our imagination with boldness and unexpectedness of imagination.
This volume inquires into the chief literary sources of Chinese myths, in order to represent Chinese sociology and philosophy by the example of this fantastical element of people’s life. The book deals with Cosmogony--P'an Ku and the Creation Myth, The Gods of China, Myths of the Stars, Myths of Thunder, Lightning, Wind, and Rain, Waters, Fire, of Epidemics, Medicine, Exorcism, Fox Legends and others.