Xiwangmu had only given him enough elixir for one person, and he did not wish to be immortal if his wife could not live at his side for eternity. While Hou Yi was grateful for the gift, he felt conflicted. To reward him for his heroic deeds, the goddess Xiwangmu (西王母) gave him an elixir of immortality, a prize typically reserved for immortals who had achieved enlightenment. He raised his bow to the heavens and shot down nine of the ten suns. One day, a skilled archer named Hou Yi (后羿) decided that enough was enough. The extreme heat made it hard to farm crops and endangered entire populations. It was extremely hot all the time and there was no such thing as night. When the earth was still young, there were ten suns in the sky. This text recounts her deeds as such: “In the past Chang’e took the Western Queen Mother’s medicine of immortality and ate it, and subsequently fled to the moon, becoming the essence of the moon.” Chang’e Drinks the Elixir of Immortality One of Chang’e’s earliest appearances is in the ancient divination text the Gui Cang (歸藏). In all versions, however, Chang’e drinks the potion, becomes immortal, and flees to the moon. In others, Chang’e is simply a greedy women who steals the elixir out of selfishness. In some retellings, Chang’e is forced to drink the elixir when her husband’s apprentice tries to steal it for himself. This is a myth that features a few variations. While Chang’e is associated with a number of different myths, she is best known for stealing the elixir of immortality. Some historians believe that Chang’e may be Changxi’s mother due to their similar names and status as moon goddesses. In some versions of her myth, Chang’e served the Jade Emperor before being condemned to live as a mortal for accidentally breaking a porcelain pot.Ĭhang’e is often confused with the less popular lunar goddess, Changxi, who gave birth to twelve moons. FamilyĬhang’e is married to the legendary archer hero Hou Yi. Occasionally, Chang’e may be depicted as an ugly toad. She is sometimes shown holding an elegant white rabbit. In art, Chang’e is consistently depicted as a graceful young lady wearing stylish hair ornaments and long, flowing robes. She had pale, milky skin, hair as black as night, and lips like cherry blossoms. Prior to becoming the spirit of the moon, Chang’e was a woman renowned throughout China for her beauty. Thus, the name “Heng’e” was changed to “Chang’e.” Attributes An emperor’s name was supposed to be unique, and having a name so similar to another Chinese cultural figure would have been considered very taboo. Her original name was changed, however, because the emperor Liu Heng (劉恆) used a similar character in his name. In other styles of romanization, Chang’e (嫦娥) is sometimes referred to as Chang’o.Ĭhang’e was once known as Heng’e (姮娥). You are considered to have shuffled each affected library (even if, as a shortcut, each player physically shuffles their own library).The goddess Chang’e’s name is comprised of cháng (嫦), a character completely unique to her name, and é (娥), meaning “pretty, young woman”. If you gain control of another player’s Elixir of Immortality and activate it, the Elixir of Immortality will be shuffled into its owner’s library and the cards in your graveyard will be shuffled into your library. If it’s anywhere else by that time, including in another player’s graveyard, it remains where it is and you shuffle just your graveyard into your library. If Elixir of Immortality is in your graveyard at the time the ability resolves, you’ll still wind up shuffling it into your library because you shuffle your entire graveyard into your library. If you have a way to untap it, you can activate the ability multiple times in response to itself.Īs the ability resolves, you’ll shuffle Elixir of Immortality into its owner’s library directly from the battlefield, if it’s still there.
Paying the activation cost of Elixir of Immortality’s ability doesn’t cause it to leave the battlefield.
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