Editing Chinese mythology (section)

====Sun (and Suns)====
Various mythology involves the sun. One solar deity is [[Xihe (deity)|Xihe]], goddess of the sun. There is a myth of [[Kua Fu]], a giant who followed the sun, during the course of his chase he drained all of the waters dry including the Yellow River, and after he died of thirst was transformed into a mountain range or a forest. Known as 
[[Three-legged crow#China|sānzúwū]] are three-legged raven or ravens associated with the sun, or the ten suns, of which [[Hou Yi|Houyi]] shot down nine. Sometimes mythology portrays there being more than one sun.

=====Houyi and the Ten Suns=====
It was said that there were ten suns, each one taking a turn on its allotted day to cross the sky (this has been thought evidence of a ten-day week used at one time). There is a mythological account of how at one on a certain morning ten suns all rose into the sky together. The oppressive heat lead to drought, the plants began to wither, and humans and animals were all on the verge of death. A mighty archer Yi, or Houyi, shot down all but one of them, saving humanity.