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

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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

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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