Nezha is often depicted flying in the sky with a wheel of fire under each foot, a golden hoop, the "cosmic ring", around his shoulder and a spear in his hands. Sometimes he is given multiple arms. Nezha is usually depicted as a youth and rarely as an adult.
Nezha sering digambarkan melayang di angkasa dengan roda api di kaki, hula emas dan cincin kosmik di lengan dan tombak di tangan, Kadang kala digambarkan berlengan banyak. Nezha digambarkan sebagai anak kecil, jarang sekali dalam wujud orang dewasa
As the third son of a military commander called Li Jing, a military leader in Chentangguan Fortress, his birth was peculiar. When his mother Lady Yin got pregnant, she waited for three years and six months to deliver the boy, but unfortunately a ball of flesh was born. His father got so angry that he split it with a sword, which caused Nezha to jump out and grow fully, even though his mind and temperament were that of a child.
Anak ketiga dari komandan Li Jing, pemimpin militer di Benteng Chen Tang Guan, kelahirannya dikatakan tidak biasa. Ketika ibunya mengandung, dia menunggu 3 tahun dan 6 bulan untuk melahirkan namun sayangnya yang keluar adalah gumpalan darah berbentuk bola. Ayahnya sangat marah dan membelah bola itu yang akhirnya Ne Zha keluar dan tumbuh.Karena dianggap membawa kematian pada ibunya,maka Li Jing sangat murka pada Ne Zha
After he killed Li Gen, a yaksha, and Ao Bing, the third son of East Sea Dragon King Ao Guang, Nezha flayed and disemboweled himself in order to save his parents that were taken hostage by Ao Guang, but was brought back to life by his master, Taiyi Zhenren, a Taoist immortal sage who used lotus blossoms to reconstruct a body for his soul to inhabit.
Setelah dia membunuh Li Gen,seorang yaksa, dan Ao Bin, anak ketiga dari Raja Naga timur Ao Guang, Nezha membelah dirinya untuk menolong orang tuanya yang di tawan oleh Ao Guang, tubuhnya disatukan kembali oleh guru nya, Taiyi Zhenren, seorang pertapa abadi Taoist yang menggunakan tangkai teratai untuk membuat jiwanya dapat kembali sebagai manusia
Nezha's two elder brothers are also powerful warriors. The eldest is Jinzha (金吒), who is a disciple of Manjusri Bodhisattva, and the second eldest is Muzha (木吒), a disciple of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.
2 kakak Ne Zha juga merupakan prajurit tangguh, Yang Tertua dalah Jin Zha merupakan murid Manjusri Bodhisatva dan yang kedua adalah Muzha, murid Samantabhadra Bodhisattva
Some traced his origins to the Vedic god Nalakuvara, and legend goes that he was born in the Shang dynasty.
Beberapa peneliti mencari fakta keberadaanya melalu dewa Veda, Nalakuvara, legenda mengatakan Ne Zha terlahir pada dinasti Shang