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The 17 pages that link to Chinese mythology, each with the reason it gives.

• Journey to the WestNarrower topic: The novel’s supernatural court and creatures draw on this wider mythic world.

• Chinese dragonNarrower topic: The dragon is among its most recognizable beings, with roles spanning nature, rulership, and fortune.

• Classic of Mountains and SeasNarrower topic: The text preserves many myths and supernatural beings within its descriptions of places.

• FuxiNarrower topic: Fuxi belongs to its accounts of humanity’s beginnings and cultural inventions.

• Investiture of the GodsNarrower topic: The novel adapts a broad mythological world into its supernatural cast.

• Chinese creation mythsNarrower topic: Creation myths form the origin-story strand within this much wider mythic tradition.

• Chinese cultural heritageRelated: Myths provide recurring stories and symbols preserved in texts, art, and performance.

• NezhaNarrower topic: Nezha’s stories draw on mythic themes of divine warfare, family duty, and transformation.

• Sun WukongNarrower topic: Sun Wukong’s supernatural world draws on and reshapes Chinese religious and mythic motifs.

• NüwaNarrower topic: Nüwa’s identity and stories draw meaning from this wider mythological tradition.

• ShennongNarrower topic: Shennong's stories belong to a broader body of accounts about civilization's beginnings.

• Li HeRelated: Its supernatural beings and otherworldly settings recur throughout Li He's imaginative verse.

• Wu Cheng'enRelated: The novel draws on mythic beings and religious cosmologies familiar from Chinese traditions.

• Xu ZhonglinRelated: The novel recasts mythological figures within its account of dynastic change.

• ChiyouNarrower topic: Chiyou’s story belongs to a wider, changing corpus of Chinese myth.

• Erlang ShenNarrower topic: Erlang Shen’s changing identities make sense within this expansive mythic tradition.

• Xu FuNarrower topic: The elixir and immortal island in Xu Fu’s story belong to this mythic tradition.