Kitchen god

Kitchen gods are mythical beings that represent abstract concepts such as luck or just propel the minor changes of everyday life. Little things that cannot be explained, such as losing small objects like socks in the laundry are often attributed to these creatures because the explanation eludes the believer.

This article is about kitchen gods in European mythology. For the Chinese Kitchen God, see Kitchen God.

Kitchen gods of the world

Little New Year,[2] which falls the 23rd day of the 12th month in the Lunar calendar, is also known as the Festival of the Kitchen God, the deity who oversees the moral character of each household. People make sacrifices to the Kitchen God on this day. A paper image is burnt to dispatch the god's spirit to Heaven to report on the family's conduct over the past year. The Kitchen God is then welcomed back by pasting a new paper image of him beside the stove.

See also

References
  1. https://search.proquest.com/docview/195354624%5B%5D
  2. "灶王爷的传说_神仙传说_道教之音_灶王,灶王简介". www.daoisms.org. Retrieved 2019-04-10.


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