traditional stories to refer to a spiritual land entity. However, this name is translated to refer to the 'Devil' by Hmong Christians. While Ntxwj Nyug is an indigenous deity, Nyuj Vaj Tuam Teem is thought to derive from the Jade Lord of Taoism. Xob ('Saul'), the god of thunder and lightning. Nkauj Hnub ('Gao Ńu') and Nraug Hlis ('Ńdao Hli') "Lady Sun" and "Lord Moon" whose love were spilt in order for the world to coexist together. When there is a solar eclipse, it is said that they get to meet. The legend says that the Hmong people are thankful that they spilt their love in order for the world to be together. Poj Ntxoog ('Po Zhong') is a fearful spirit (often a feminine spirit) associated with the tiger. Zaj Laug ('Zha Lao') is the "Old Dragon" or "Dragon King" who is often part of Hmong legends as a character for the main hero to overcome his trials. Dab Qus ('Da Goo') is a generic term for any spirit that is not part of house and can be good or bad depending on the type of spirit. Other notable spiritual figures in Hmong legends are: The first shaman was Siv Yis ('She Yee'): Hmong shamans refer to themselves as "Siv Yis" when they are in spiritual ecstasy. Chiyou (or Txiv Yawg {Tsi Yer'}) is worshipped as an ancestral god of the Hmong nation. The Hmong house is a reflection of the cosmos. It is constructed around a central post (}) representing the world tree, axis of the spirits, which god is Dab Ncej Tas.Lee, Tapp, 2010. p. 37 The roofs represent the heaven (the spiritual world) and the floor symbolises nature (the world of men). The axis of the building represents the male head of the household and his ancestral spirit, the ancestral unity. People are in the between of heaven and earth. Yeeb Ceeb and Yaj Ceeb "Yeeb and Yaj" is the Hmong equivalent of the yin and yang found in Chinese traditional religion and Taoism. Differently from the context of Chinese thought, the Hmong "yeeb and yaj" is not represented by symbols such as the taijitu. The concept represents the world of the living and the world of the spirits: yeeb ceeb is the spiritual world, while yaj ceeb is the world of material nature. The Hmong also practice looj mem, like the Chinese feng shui which is