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Visual depiction of Wenchang Wang

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Vol. II · Polytheism · wisdom

Wenchang Wang

Chinese god of literature


a scholarly deity in celestial robes surrounded by scrolls and examination papers, presiding over the fate of scholars

Organization
Mixed Bronze/Iron-Age pantheons
Time period
varies
Location
varies
Archetype
wisdom

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 4) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.