The Journey to the West and The List of Gods both contain Nezha and Erlang God. Why is there no Lei Zhenzi in The Journey to the West?

The Journey to the West and The List of Gods both contain Nezha and Erlang God. Why is there no Lei Zhenzi in The Journey to the West?

Nezha, a mythical figure, originated from the myths of ancient Persia and ancient Hinduism. Myths and legends about him have existed since the Eastern Jin Dynasty. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, he was still the Wu Shen of Buddhism, named Nahui.

Later, it spread among the people and became the image of the patron saint. Gradually absorbed by Taoist myths, it is the patron saint of Taoism and has the title of "Three Tans Seal the Sea". His stories mainly appear in books such as Searching for Gods by Three Religions, The Journey to the West, Travel Notes in the South, and List of Gods. It can be said that IP is one of the most popular figures in China mythology. Recently, a film "Nezha" has been popular all over the country. His image in The Journey to the West and The List of Gods is similar, but his weapons are somewhat different.

Yang Jian:

Yang Jian, a mythical figure, has actually been explained before, mainly explaining that Yang Jian in The Romance of Gods and Jiro in The Journey to the West are not the same person. The simplest thing is to search Jiro in the book of gods and Yang Jian in Journey to the West, but I can't find the word. The weapons they use are all three-pointed and two-edged guns, which can change seventy-two, a fine dog. However, none of them have three eyes. Three eyes are set in the late Qing Dynasty. Later, the settings of some national drama teams were passed around, and everyone acquiesced. Erlang God, also known as Erlang Sage, first appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and is a deity in folk beliefs and Taoism. The main documents are The Journey to the West, Romance of Gods, Jiro Bao Juan and so on. There are Li Erlang, Zhao Erlang, Yang Erlang and Shi Erlang. Journey to the West uses Yang Erlang's fairy tales, and the list of gods created a mythical figure named Yang Jian according to Yang Erlang's mythology, so Yang Jian ≠ Yang Erlang.

Lei Zhenzi:

Lei Zhenzi, a mythical figure in The Book of Gods, will be a general in the afterlife. "Wings of Wind and Thunder" was born under the back rib, and a gold stick was made by hand. He is the hundredth son of Zhou Wenwang and a disciple of Yunzhongzi. He was good at air combat and siege, and finally became a saint. He is one of the main figures in the list of gods. Many people are curious, why did Lei Zhenzi appear in the list of gods, but not in Journey to the West? I checked the information for this, probably because Lei Zhenzi is different from Nezha and Yang Jian. He is a mythical figure created by Xu himself. Just like Wenzhong, he is a character in the book of God. He didn't refer to other mythical figures, so Wu Cheng'en and Xu didn't have the same heart, and he didn't know that Xu would create this figure. There are no related records in the previous mythical figures, and there is no place to find reference figures in Wu Cheng'en, so there is no Lei Zhenzi in The Journey to the West.