Taoism

Taoism (道教) is a religion originating from China.

Principles


Being a religion rooted in China, Taoism shares a number of deities with Chinese folklore and mythology.

Xian
A is a type of being associated with Taoism, said in folklore to be immortal. To be a Xian, one apparently needs to possess a proper skeletal structure, much like people born with the qualities of a Valkyrie or Saint.

The Shijie-Xian are people who give up their own life to strip away the impurity of a worldly life and become a Xian. They are proper Xians but are apparently sometimes also feared as vampiric monsters. One such Shije-Xian is the Magic God Niang-Niang, who described herself as a heretical Xian who voluntarily took her own life.

Background
Taoism has influenced a number of other fields, such as Feng shui and Onmyoudou.

Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index
Magic God Niang-Niang is described as a Shijie-Xian.

Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator
The Hopping Zombie Spell, which was incorporated into what would become Rosenthal-style Necromancy, is described as a Taoist spell.

Uses of Taoism in the story

 * : An undead creature from Chinese folklore, with some links to Taoism.
 * The Hopping Zombie Spell, likely derived from the Jiangshi, is described as a Taoist spell which was incorporated into what would become Rosenthal-style Necromancy.
 * Shijie-Xian: A type of Xian, who fakes their death with a substitute and abandons their old life in order to obtain a form of immortality.
 * Niang-Niang is described as Shijie-Xian.
 * Xian: A type of immortal found in Taoism and Chinese mythology.
 * Setrua refers to Chinese Xians when describing Brunhild Eiktobel to Kanzaki Kaori, saying how one needs a proper skeletal structure to be one, similar to the qualities for a Valkyrie.