Heavenly Grandfather

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Heavenly Grandfather is a reverential title for the Jade Emperor, the supreme celestial ruler in traditional Chinese religion and mythology.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Heavenly Grandfather canonical 2
Ông Trời 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific title ⓘ
associatedDeity Jade Emperor ⓘ
associatedWith Heaven ⓘ
celestial bureaucracy ⓘ
connotation benevolent ⓘ
paternal ⓘ
culturalContext Chinese culture ⓘ
East Asian religion ⓘ
denotesRole ruler of Heaven ⓘ
supreme celestial ruler ⓘ
domain mythology ⓘ
religion ⓘ
equivalentTitleOf Jade Emperor in English ⓘ
Yu Huang ⓘ
honorificFor Jade Emperor ⓘ
honorificLevel high ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
refersTo Jade Emperor ⓘ
refersToPosition head of the celestial pantheon ⓘ
supreme deity in Heaven ⓘ
region China ⓘ
Chinese-speaking communities ⓘ
religiousTradition Chinese folk religion ⓘ
Taoism ⓘ
traditional Chinese religion ⓘ
titleType reverential title ⓘ
usedBy Chinese worshippers ⓘ
Daoist practitioners ⓘ
usedIn Chinese mythology ⓘ
worshipContext household worship ⓘ
temple worship ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Jade Emperor → title → Heavenly Grandfather ⓘ
Ngọc Hoàng → title → Ông Trời ⓘ
linked to: Heavenly Grandfather
Yuhuang Dadi → alsoKnownAs → Heavenly Grandfather ⓘ