Lord of the Soil and Ground

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Lord of the Soil and Ground is a Chinese folk deity title referring to the local earth god who oversees land, agriculture, and community welfare.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lord of the Soil and Ground canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese folk deity title ⓘ
earth god ⓘ
local tutelary deity ⓘ
associatedWith boundary stones ⓘ
fields and farmlands ⓘ
local shrines ⓘ
cosmologicalRole links human community with earth forces ⓘ
part of bureaucratic heavenly order in Chinese belief ⓘ
culture Chinese culture ⓘ
domain agriculture ⓘ
community welfare ⓘ
earth ⓘ
land ⓘ
soil ⓘ
function blessing of harvests ⓘ
maintenance of local order ⓘ
protection of graves and ancestral tombs ⓘ
protection of land ownership ⓘ
hasAspect guardian of territory ⓘ
protector of travelers within his jurisdiction ⓘ
provider of material blessings ⓘ
honorificStatus local official-like spirit ⓘ
low-ranking deity in Chinese pantheon ⓘ
invokedFor business prosperity ⓘ
family safety ⓘ
good harvests ⓘ
resolution of local disputes ⓘ
jurisdiction neighborhood area ⓘ
specific locality ⓘ
village territory ⓘ
refersTo local earth god ⓘ
religion Chinese folk religion ⓘ
Taoism ⓘ
role ensures prosperity of residents ⓘ
guards local communities ⓘ
mediates between people and higher deities ⓘ
oversees local land ⓘ
protects agricultural productivity ⓘ
typeOfCult local cult ⓘ
popular religion cult ⓘ
veneratedBy merchants ⓘ
peasants ⓘ
urban residents ⓘ
worshippedIn towns ⓘ
urban neighborhoods ⓘ
villages ⓘ
worshipPractice burning of paper money ⓘ
offerings of food ⓘ
offerings of incense ⓘ

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Referenced by (1)

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

Tudigong → hasTitle → Lord of the Soil and Ground ⓘ