Mountain God
Mountain Gods (山神) are Asian tutelary deities associated with mountains. They are related to landlord deities and tudigongs and City Gods.
| Mountain God | |||||||
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A Korean representation of a sanshin | |||||||
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| Chinese | 山神 | ||||||
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| Vietnamese name | |||||||
| Vietnamese alphabet | sơn thần thần núi | ||||||
| Chữ Hán | 山神 | ||||||
| Chữ Nôm | 神𡶀 | ||||||
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| Hangul | 산신 | ||||||
| Hanja | 山神 | ||||||
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| Kanji | 山の神 | ||||||
| Kana | やまのかみ | ||||||
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They are well-known in Korea and some prominent Chinese mountains have shrines to similar deities in the Daoist traditions, called Shanshen 山神. The Japanese equivalent is the Yama-no-Kami (山の神; also pronounced as yamagami) and the Vietnamese equivalent is Sơn thần (山神).
Houtu is the overlord of all the Tudigongs ("Lord of Local Land"), Sheji ("the State"), Shan Shen ("God of Mountains"), City Gods ("God of Local City"), and landlord gods worldwide.
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