Yanluo Wang

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Yanluo Wang is the Chinese deity who presides over the underworld and judges the souls of the dead.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yan Wang 1
Yanluo Wang canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese deity
death deity
deity
underworld deity
associatedConcept hell courts
moral judgment after death
reincarnation
associatedFestival Ghost Festival
associatedWith afterlife
hell
judgment of souls
karma
retribution
basedOn Yama
countryOfOrigin China
culture Chinese Buddhism
Chinese folk religion
Taoism
depictedAs seated on a judgment throne
stern male judge
wearing official robes
domain underworld
etymology name derives from transliteration of Sanskrit Yama Raja
function assigns punishments to the wicked
judges the souls of the dead
oversees the cycle of rebirth
hasAttribute court of underworld officials
official cap
register of the dead
originatesFrom Yama
surface form: Indian Buddhist deity Yama
partOf Chinese underworld pantheon
King of Hell
surface form: Ten Kings of Hell
positionInMythology one of the Ten Kings of Hell
religion Chinese Buddhism
Chinese folk religion
Taoism
role judge of the dead
ruler of the underworld
title King Yan
King of Hell
King of Hell
surface form: King of the Underworld
veneratedAt city god temples
folk shrines
temples of the underworld
worshipedIn China
Hong Kong, China
surface form: Hong Kong

Taiwan, Province of China
surface form: Taiwan

overseas Chinese communities

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yama equivalent Yanluo Wang
Prince of Yan titleInPinyin Yanluo Wang
this entity surface form: Yan Wang