Imagine going from being a peddler of bean curd on the streets of Three Kingdoms China in the 3rd Century CE, to the Chinese equivilant of Robin Hood, to dying at the hand of an executioner's blade, only to become a God in death and have, as the years went on, more and more titles confired upon you.
I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's Entry for "Guan Di."
Ecyclopedia Brittanica : https://www.britannica.com/topic/Guandi
Live Science on Guan Di : https://www.livescience.com/43681-guan-yu.html
Red Cliff Film : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvR_69bjcqE
Guan Yu: The Religious Afterlife of a Failed Hero : https://amzn.to/3czHnBO
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