#rabbit god

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Tu’er Shen, a the Chinese folk religion god of gay sex, who reigns supreme over male-on-male love, sacred pederasty, gay sex, and gay relationships. Tu’er Shen (兔兒神) literally means “Rabbit God” in Chinese. He is "The Leveret Spirit," Hu Tianbao or Tu Shen (Chinese: 兔神; pinyin: Tùshén, The Rabbit God), who rules love and sex between men.

According to "What the Master Would Not Discuss", written by You Mei during the Qing Dynasty, Tu'er Shen was a man named Hu Tianbao (胡天保), who fell in love with a very handsome imperial inspector of Fujian Province. One day he was caught spying on the inspector to see him naked, but was caught. When he confessed his affections for the other man, the imperial inspector had Hu Tianbao sentenced to death by beating. One month after Hu Tianbao's death, he appeared to a man from his hometown in a dream, claiming that since his crime was one of love, the underworld powers decided to right the injustice by appointing him the god and guardian of gay affections.

After his dream the man erected a shrine to Hu Tianbao, which became very popular in Fujian Province. A slang term for gay men in late imperial China was "rabbits", which is why Hu Tianbao is referred to as the rabbit deity, though in fact he had nothing to do with rabbits.

In 2006, a Taoist priest named Lu Wei-ming founded a temple for Tu'er Shen in Yonghe District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. Roughly 9,000 gay pilgrims visit the temple each year praying to find a partner. The temple also performs a love ceremony for gay couples at the world's only religious shrine for homosexuals.

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In today's episode, we discuss the Daoist god Tu'er Shen, who is considered to be a patron god of homosexuality. Join us to learn about intimacy between men in 18th century China, a secret gay statue, and one Daoist priest's desire to create a safe space for queer youth.

In today's episode, we discuss the Daoist god Tu'er Shen, who is considered to be a patron god of homosexuality. Join us to learn about intimacy between men in 18th century China, a secret gay statue, and one Daoist priest's desire to create a safe space for queer youth.

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Thanks to Internet, this is what I can see in Kusuriya No Hitorigoto S02 Ep04

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Kengan OC: Seth Tu'er Shen 🐇

Yōkai (my og oc) has a very dark past that he doesn't like to talk about. One regret from that previous life was a man named Seth Tu'er Shen; a fellow martial artist and ex-husband. Although the two have been divorced for five years, he still longs for the day that he can belong to Yōkai once again.

Tags: mentions of blood, fighting, and unhealthy marriage dynamics.

🩸Name: Seth Tu'er Shen

🩸Nickname: the Red Rabbit

🩸Age: 30

🩸Gender: male

🩸Ethnicity: Chinese-American

🩸Appearance: 6'4, 220 pounds, long red hair often braided in a high fishtail with two strands of white flowing past his chin, tan skin with a few moles along his jaw, soft black, puffy eyes, symmetrical, almost feminine features, and often wears traditional hanfu in red & gold.

🩸Personality: a gentle, caring soul who gets along with nearly everyone. His aura is extremely attractive, which brings many people to his side for advice or a friend to talk to. However, he has an intense obsession with his ex-husband and will harm his current lovers.

🩸Loves: gardens, any noodle dish, martial arts training, the fetish community, queer culture, his hapkido students, the Robinson family, milk tea, painting, giving gifts to those he loves, Yōkai Hakashita, & romantic novels.

🩸Hates: arrogance, meat, alcohol, and anyone who tries to lay a violent or suggestive hand on Yōkai. Other than that, very little bothers him.

🩸History: born in the US to an American mom and a Chinese father, Seth was often bullied for his appearance. To boost his self-esteem, his father put him into martial arts, and eventually, it became his passion and livelihood. However, after coming out to his family, he was rejected and sent away in disgrace. While living in China for a few years, he eventually met Yōkai Hakashita at a fetish bar. They hit it off fast, marrying a year after, yet the relationship became toxic and wa sswiftuflly ended. Now, he teaches martial arts at his own dojo in Tokyo, Japan, and still longs for Yōkai's return.

Fun Facts

🩸He is trained in hapkido and judo and educates young queer fighters in self-defense at The Red Rabbit. Ever since Seth was bullied for being the odd one out in his school, he's made it his mission to protect LGBT+ children and teens.

🩸He's a raw vegan and doesn't support the consumption of animal products. After his father told him about his work in animal testing, he swore he'd never eat another piece of meat again, and he's kept that promise for 10 years.

🩸He owns a serval cat named Oasis, who follows him everywhere. She's a friendly pet who interacts well with others, but if Seth doesn't like someone, nor does she.

🩸Seth has an extreme imprisonment and exhibitionism fetish that ruined he and Yōkai's marriage. He never wanted the sex slave and master dynamics to end, even for a dah of rest, so Yōkai left in hopes that Seth would fix himself. He didn't.

🩸The only person he genuinely hates is Kanoh Agito. Seeing his ex-lover involved with anyone but him is unacceptable. Seth would kill Agito if given the chance, yet he refuses to lose Yōkai to his impulsivity.

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One of my main oc is this rabbit goddess.

She supposed to be the literal moon rabbit. But her true size allows the moon to fit in one of her eye sockets.

She normally takes the form of a normal black otter mini rex.

But can change into this giant (towers over city) rabbit. But made of stars and translucent.

Sometimes theres these golden rings around her head, waist and back. As a sort of power restaint.

I like to imagine a restrained attack with the back ring like how the overdrive mega flare happens with final fantasy 11 Bahamut.

She can travel through hopping but also gliding through the air or leaping in giant airy bounds. Kind of like a Chinese dragon or the black rabbit of inle from Watership down 1978.

The starry translucence is kind of a mix between the cosmos and jelly like. Imagine the forest god from Princess Mononoke but with stars not water. This non solidity means she doesn't crush people but they phase through.

Her attacks are Blasty beamy stuff (Bahamut style), gravitational stuff/Luna powers.

Inspiration is down below.

This one image from https://youtu.be/8EgVMFO89zc heavily inspired. But with a lot less purple and more actual space, very blue based.

Gold ring inspiration, Pokémon arceus, final fantasy 11 Bahamut

Final fantasy 11 Bahamut overdrive mega flare , with spinny gold wheel

The transformed forest god from Princess mononoke

She also sometimes a weird curved horn similar to Ixion from final fantasy 11. Seriously final fantasy 11 had great designs.

Lastly, the black otter mini rex (my photo)

A black otter in rex shows off colours better.

I really need to get around to drawing this oc, but the stars are quite difficult. Need to teach myself stars and translucence in watercolour.

My other oc is literally just a sentient black otter bunny who sometimes acts like a Beatrix Potter rabbit. (Book not film)

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Vintage New Yorker cartoon from Paul Roth. Not without current relevance.

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Gong Hei Faat Choi! 2023

Happy Chinese/Lunar New year everyone! As per usual, I've done a little bit of celebratory artwork :D

I decided that, with this being the year of the rabbit, I should call attention to one of our more famous rabbits, and one of our less famous ones - On the left here is the moon rabbit, who uses their mortar and pestle to grind immortality medicine. On the right is the leveret, the god of same-sex love (well, specifically between men, but I like to think by now he shows solidarity and love for all his quiblings).

It can be quite difficult for queer Asian folks to even just exist peacefully in what can often be a very traditionalist society - heck, I'm bi, in the diaspora, and I'm still very selective about which family members I tell about it. But there is a kind of comfort, whether you believe in small gods and immortals and whatnot, in knowing that people like you are represented in the pantheon.

Of course, the story of the Leveret god is... Fraught with weirdness. In the story, a young soldier spies on an official in a bid to see him naked, and is caught and killed by the official. The gods, in their odd and fickle way, took pity on the soul of the soldier because his transgression was driven by feelings of love and certainly did not warrant the punishment meted out to him. So he returned in the form of a young rabbit, and became a patron god of men who love men.

Queerness is still viewed in a lot of Chinese society as dirty or perverse, and it's often a struggle to extract the reality of existence from this mire of lies, half-truths, and misunderstandings. Not unlike older attitudes still prevalent in western societies.

So, this year of the rabbit, I ask everyone to revisit their understanding of queer love, and support those in your lives who may need that little bit extra help to be able to live their lives as true to themselves as they can :)