Nezha

Nezha is a well-known deity from Chinese mythology. He has appeared in many books and film adaptations.

Birth
Nezha was born to a warlord, Li Jing, and his wife, Lady Yin, during the Shang Dynasty. He was born as a burning red ball of fire instead of being born like a regular baby. Li Jing thought that his wife was cursed to birth a demon and had tried to attacked the ball, but when he was about to attack, out came a baby from the fireball like a lotus slowly opening it's leaves, thus giving him the nickname "The Lotus Prince".

After he was born
Nezha had already knew had to walk and speak after he had just been born. Later, Nezha would also have two younger brothers that were ordinary unlike himself. One day, Nezha was playing along the beach shore with his friends and brothers, until, Ao Bing, the third son of the Sea King Dragon, emerged from the sea and was attacking his friends. Nezha had to kill Ao Bing in order to save his family and friends, resulting in the King Dragon becoming so enraged after his son's death, that he had sent Ao Kang and the rest of his brothers to kill Nezha as revenge. The dragon brothers of the North, South, and West had planned to flood a village to bring down Nezha; however, Nezha had sacrificed himself when he had fought the dragons in order to kill them. Luckily, his mentor, Taiyi Zhenren had brought Nezha back to life by growing a lotus in his place.

In popular culture
Nezha has many film adaptations such as the 1979 animated film, Nezha conquers the Dragon King, Nezha (2014) a live action - version, and Nezha (2019) the computer-animated version. He has appeared as major characters in many video games that involve deities, such as Smite. Nezha also makes an appearance in one of China's greatest novels and most well-known, Journey of the West as a major character.