Also known as BAO-YAN-LUO, YAN-LUO-WANG, YANLUO-WANG,
YENG-WANG-YEH
YEN-LO-WANG: The God of Death and Ruler of the Fifth Court of
FENG-DU, the Chinese Hell.
The Chinese version of YAMA, he was originally King of the First
Court of Hell, but Heaven accused him of undue leniency. Far too
many souls were crossing the Golden Bridge to Heaven and the place
was getting crowded.
To prevent spiritual overpopulation, the JADE-EMPEROR put
QIN-GUANG-WANG in charge of Judgment and assigned YEN-LO-WANG to
the Fifth Hell of Wailing, Gouging and Boiling. Once there he
developed a real relish for making souls miserable, so everyone was
happy again. Except the souls, of course.
As a God of some importance, YEN-LO-WANG is far more than just a
dealer of boiling oil. He rules over the whole of FENG-DU and has a
team of deadly assistants. His filing system contains the records
of every soul, complete with their allotted death date. MONKEY once
paid him a visit and wreaked havoc, but we imagine security has
been tightened up since then.
VITAL STATISTIX
Area or people: n/a
Location : China
Gender : Male
Category : Deity
Pronunciation : Yun Lor Warng
Alternative names : BAO-YAN-LUO, YAN-LUO-WANG, YANLUO-WANG,
YENG-WANG-YEH
Attributes : Coming soon
Mystic number : 3344 (a)