The three-legged (or tripedal) crow (simplified Chinese: 三足乌; traditional Chinese: 三足烏; pinyin: sān zú wū) is a creature found in various mythologies and arts of East Asia. It is believed by East Asian cultures to…
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Pixiu (Chinese: 貔貅; pinyin: píxiū; Wade–Giles: P’i-hsiu), is a Chinese mythical hybrid creature, commonly (but incorrectly) referred to in the West by the Greek word “chimera”, and considered a powerful protector of practitioners of Feng…
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The moon rabbit in folklore is a rabbit that lives on the Moon, based on pareidolia that identifies the markings of the Moon as a rabbit. The folklore originated in China, and then spread to…
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A jiangshi, also known as a Chinese “hopping” zombie, is a type of reanimated corpse in Chinese legends and folklore. “Jiangshi” is read geung-si in Cantonese, Phi Dip Chin in Thai, cương thi in Vietnamese,…
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Huli jing (Chinese: 狐狸精; literally: ‘fox spirit’) or jiuweihu (九尾狐; literally: ‘nine-tailed fox’) are Chinese mythological creatures who can be either good or bad spirits.
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Fenghuang (simplified Chinese: 凤凰; traditional Chinese: 鳳凰; pinyin: fènghuáng; Wade–Giles: fêng⁴-huang²) are mythological birds found in East Asian mythology that reign over all other birds. The males were originally called feng and the females huang…
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Denglong (simplified Chinese: 蹬龙; traditional Chinese: 蹬龍), or Wangtianhou (Chinese: 望天吼), Chaotianhou (Chinese: 朝天吼), or simply Hou (Chinese: 犼) is a Chinese legendary creature.
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Bixi, or Bi Xi (Wade–Giles: Pi-hsi), is a figure from Chinese mythology. One of the 9 sons of the Dragon King, he is depicted as a dragon with the shell of a turtle. Stone sculptures…
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Bashe (Chinese: 巴蛇; pinyin: bāshé; Wade–Giles: pa-she) was a python-like Chinese mythological giant snake that ate elephants.
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Baku (獏 or 貘) are Japanese supernatural beings that devour dreams and nightmares. According to legend, they were created by the spare pieces that were left over when the gods finished creating all other animals.…
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