Shangdi (shahng-DEE)
East Asian Deity
Shangdi
Shangdi, the High Sovereign of Heaven, reigns as the supreme ancestral deity in ancient Chinese belief, predating even the formal structures of Taoism and Confucianism. He governs order, justice, and the moral balance between earth and sky. Invisible but omnipresent, Shangdi is evoked by kings and diviners alike, called upon in the highest rites as the one who hears beyond the veil. Neither fully anthropomorphized nor remote, he is authority without spectacle, the voice behind the mandate of heaven.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Rarely depicted in fully human form, Shangdi is imagined as a stately presence cloaked in celestial mist, with a visage that shifts like sky and season. When appearing humanoid, he takes on a regal, androgynous figure clothed in robes of twilight and jade, his eyes distant yet piercing, carrying the weight of unseen law.
Mental characteristics
Sexuality
Shangdi’s intimacy is abstract—manifest not in personal liaisons but in cosmic harmony. Connection to Shangdi is devotional rather than sensual, experienced through rites, virtue, and alignment with the Dao. His presence is a still gravity that draws the righteous inward, not through flesh, but through reverence.
Lineage
Family Tree
Species
Ethnicity
Realm
Date of Birth
Evos Todhchaí
Gheydh
Gheydh
Children
Sex
Andro
Sexuality
Celestiaphilic
Ruled Locations
