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Chinavista: Chinese Myths and Fantasies  - http://www.chinavista.com/experience/myth/myth.html  Brief overview of the history and defining characteristics of Chinese mythology.  Taoist Pantheon  - http://www.taoresource.com/gods.html  Brief descriptions of various Taoist deities.  Chinavista: Deities Worshipped by Farmers  - http://www.chinavista.com/experience/joss1/deities.html  Some of the gods worshipped by Chinese farmers.  Chinavista: Selected Chinese Myths and Fantasies  - http://www.chinavista.com/experience/story/story.html  Small selection of well-known myths and legends.  Eight Immortals of Chinese Mythology  - http://www.chinapage.org/8-immortal.html  Listing of the names of the Eight Immortals and their iconography.  Chinese Legends  - http://beifan.com/026topic/26legends.html  Brief accounts of several myths and legends on emperor Huangdi, and how the world was formed.  Chinatown Online: Legends of China  - http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/pages/culture/legends/  Small collection of Chinese legends and myths.  Chinese Legends  - http://www.britishbornchinese.org.uk/pages/culture/legends/  Small collection of Chinese legends and myths.  Seventh Sister and the Serpent  - http://www.chinesefolklore.com/9/english/seven%20sister.htm  Sacred saga of the Yi people of southwest China offering a repository of social life, customs and mores.  The Creation Myth of Yayo  - http://www.uga.edu/~asian-lp/jpn_html/yami/yayo_main.html  Told by Siapen Kotan Isamo of the Yami, a Malayo-Polynesian people inhabiting Orchid Island, part of the Republic of China, Taiwan.