蚩尤在中國神話中被稱為「戰神」，他不但是驍勇善戰的「戰神」，而且還是善製精良武器的「兵器之神」。雖然他與黃帝大對決中，在涿鹿一役敗下陣來，但是後世對這位戰敗英雄的崇敬卻有增無減。後來不僅在自然界中，有以蚩尤為名的星宿、雲彩等，當今出土的玉刃器物紋飾，和商周青銅器的饕餮紋，也有不少神話傳說中的蚩尤形貌特徵。一個戰敗的英雄，為何能擁有「戰神」和「兵器之神」的榮銜？為何能成為古代器物紋飾的主要特徵？本文將一一探究。

Ch’ih Yu is the “god of war” in Chinese myth. He is not only a brave “god of war” but also a great “god of weapon”. Because he was good at fighting as well as making excellent weapon. Although he was defeated by Huong Di on the Cholu Battle, people worship him as a hero increasing day by day. And furthermore people named the star and the cloud after his named. Nowadays there are many excavations of jade blade and Tao Tei of bronze wore from Shang to Zhou, which also have the main excavations of Ch’ih Yu in Chinese myth. Then why a failure in war could be called “god of war” and “god of weapon” ? Why he became the capital patterns of ancient Chinese sculptures? It would be discussed in this paper.