fistfullofnoodle2 t1_je0cpqk wrote on March 28, 2023 at 2:38 PM Reply to TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys Guan Yu is probably a great example of this. One of the most respected general from the romance of three kingdoms. Pretty much a worshipped diety by the police and triad alike. Permalink 207
fistfullofnoodle2 t1_je0cpqk wrote
Reply to TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys
Guan Yu is probably a great example of this.
One of the most respected general from the romance of three kingdoms.
Pretty much a worshipped diety by the police and triad alike.