Yue Lao

Yue Lao appears at night and "unites with a silken cord all predestined couples, after which nothing can prevent their union.

"[2] He is immortal[3] and is said to live either in the moon[2] or in the "obscure regions" (Yue ming), the Chinese equivalent of Hades.

Fourteen years later, Wang Tai, the governor of Xiangzhou, gave Wei Gu his daughter in marriage.

After ten years and three children later, Wei Gu sought the old man for suitable matches for his two younger sons and daughter.

During the later years, Wei Gu sought to find a possible match for his children but by coincidence, no marriage was put to work.

Yue-Laou (sic) appears as a character in Robert W. Chambers' short story "The Maker of Moons" from the collection of the same name in 1896.

On their return to the Jade Palace together, Sun Wu Kong is born and they look after him with the Germanic legendary figure, Fáfnir.