City God

City God

City gods or town gods (Chinese: 城隍; pinyin: Chénghuáng) are deities in Chinese mythology, responsible for the affairs of specific cities.

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Famous quotes containing the words city and/or god:

    “Man will return to his origins. Goethe has finally become as squiggly as the city of his fathers.”
    —Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

    “The bad thing is that thinking about thought doesn’t help at all; one has to have it from nature so that the good ideas appear before us like free children of God calling to us: Here we are.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)