Other Door Gods
Shen shu and Yu lei carry a battle axe and a mace, respectively. Shen shu and Yu lei were immortals who were ordered by the Jade Emperor to guard peach trees which demons were gnawing at. The people of China thus respected the two immortals for their ability to ward off demons.
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Famous quotes containing the words door and/or gods:
“Did I make you go insane?
Did I turn up your earphone and let a siren drive through?
Did I open the door for the mustached psychiatrist
who dragged you out like a golf cart?
Did I make you go insane?”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
““All the gods are dead: now we want the superman to live”Mon that great noon, let this be our last will.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)