Body god

In Taoism, body gods (Chinese: 身神; pinyin: shēnshén), also inner gods or internal gods (Chinese: 内神; pinyin: nèishén) are deities situated within the human body. As many as 36,000 inner gods are described, "who raise the whole body and let it ascend to Heaven." Often they appear as "bureaucrats reporting to the stars."

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