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[seekeerz]

According to Chinese mythology, which mortal was deified for services to humanity through his invention of winemaking (3). I?? Any helpers please

[Mamyalynne]

Crikey that's proving tough

[Sam1960]

Yup, running out of ways of "googling" it. Will keep trying ; )

[seekeerz]

Thank you both, it's giving us some grief too !! I think it might be i?i but I'm still looking :))

[iminoz]

I could only find this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du_Kang

so was looking for an alternative name, unsuccessfully.

[seekeerz]

Hi iminoz, yes I found that but couldn't get any further ....I've filed it in the wpb for the time being, thank you for your efforts :))

[ProfessorMaisie]

I-ti is a former mortal who invented wine (associated with Tu Kang, the god of distillers).
'Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities' page 230 (Coulter & Turner).

[twix123]

Hi Steff. The nearest that I could find on Wiki was:

Yidi, a brewer credited with the invention of alcohol during the reign of Yu the Great.

Possibly drop the starting character 'Y' to give you 'Idi', but this is only a guess.

[Mamyalynne]

Well done Prof

[seekeerz]

Bravo Professor, thank you so much :))

[ProfessorMaisie]

(google helped a bit).