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Shennong, Chinese God of Medicine, 5000–4500 BC
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Title: Shennong, Chinese God of Medicine, 5000–4500 BC
Caption: Shennong, Chinese deity of medicine, pharmacy and agriculture. The god is seated at the mouth of a cave, dressed in his traditional garb made from leaves, holding in the right hand a branch with leaves and berries, the virtues of which he has been demonstrating. Watercolor from 1920. Shennong is considered to have been one of the Three Sovereigns (also known as "Three Emperors") who lived some 5,000 years ago. Shennong has been thought to have taught the ancient Chinese not only their practices of agriculture, but also the use of herbal drugs.
Category: black & white • Medical: History • Culture: Mythology
Credit: Album / Science Source / Wellcome Images
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Image size: 2568 × 4044 px | 29.7 MB
Print size: 21.7 × 34.2 cm | 1011.0 × 1592.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: ALTERNATIVE • ANCIENT • ART • ARTWORK • ASIA • ASIAN • BLACK & WHITE • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • CHINA • CHINESE • CULTURAL HERO • CULTURE: MYTHOLOGY • DEITY • DEMIGOD • DRAWING • EMPEROR OF THE FIVE GRAINS • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • FIGURE • GOD • HERBAL • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • IMPORTANT • LEGENDARY EMPEROR • LEGENDARY • MALE • MAN • MEDICAL • MEDICAL: HISTORY • MEDICINAL • MEDICINE • MEN • MYTH • MYTHICAL • NOTABLE • PEOPLE • PERSON • PERSONALITY • SHEN NONG • SHEN NUNG • SHENNONG • SHENNUNG • THREE SOVEREIGNS • TRADITIONAL • WELL-KNOWN
