The Novel's 2 Main Villains:
1) 紂王 (Zhou Wang - lit. "King Zhou") the Last King of Shang Dynasty
2) The 1,000-Year-Old 9-Tailed 狐狸精 = Huli Jing - lit. "Fox Spirit"! Also known as 蘇妲己 (Su Daji) - the Fox-Possessed Concubine of the King
姜子牙 (Jiang Ziya) or 太公望 (Taigong Wang - lit. "Grand-Duke Hope") - A Real Historical Figure from the 12th - 11th Century BC, An Old Daoist Prime Minister & (sort-of) the Main Character of the Book.
1] 韋護 - Wei Hu (also known as 韋馱 - Wei Tuo or 塞建陀 - Skanda)
2] 雷震子 - Lei Zhenzhi (lit. "Thunder Shocker")
3] 李靖 - Li Jing the Pagoda Bearer
4] 楊戩 - Yang Jian or 二郎神 - Erlang Shen (lit. "2nd-Son Deity") & his 嘯天犬 - Xian Tian Quan (lit. "Howling Heaven Hound")
The 3 Lotus Princes:
1) 哪吒 - Nezha
2) 木吒 - Muzha
3) 金吒 - Jinzha
Artwork by 让之 吴 on ArtStation
A Model Sheet of Several Characters from Ryu Fujisaki's Loose Manga Adaptation of the Late Ming Dynasty Novel:
1] Taiko Bo - Taigong Wang (太公望)
2] Yō Sen - Yang Jian (楊戩)
[Jirō Shin - Erlang Shen (二郎神)]
3] Bun Chu - Wen Zhong (闻仲)
4] O Tenkun - Wang Tianjun (王天君)
5] Supushan - Sibuxiang (四不像)
6] Fugen Shinjin - Puxian Zhenren (普賢真人)
7] Nata or Nataku - Nezha (哪吒)
8] Ko Hiko - Huang Feihu (黃飛虎)
9] Ko Tenka - Huang Tianhua (黃天化)
10] Shin Kōhyō- Shen Gongbao (申公豹)
11] So Daki/Dakki - Su Daji (蘇妲己)
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#封神演義 #FengshenYanyi [ JP: #HoshinEngi / #HoushinEngi ]