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Reading Time: 4 minutes 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

Chronos July 26, 2019 Chinese creature hybrid Mythical Mythology Pixiu

Reading Time: 6 minutes 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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Moon rabbit

Chronos July 25, 2019 american Asian folklore Chinese Folklore Indigenous Indigenous American folklore Japanese Korean Moon rabbit

Reading Time: 4 minutes 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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Jiangshi

Chronos July 23, 2019 Chinese Folklore hopping Jiangshi Zombie

Reading Time: 5 minutes 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

Chronos July 22, 2019 Chinese Creatures fox Huli jing Mythological Mythology nine-tailed

Reading Time: 4 minutes 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

Chronos July 21, 2019 August Rooster Chinese Fenghuang Kunlun Mountains Mythology northern China Phoenix

Reading Time: 5 minutes 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

Chronos July 20, 2019 Chinese creature Denglong Evil Legendary Legends

Reading Time: 2 minutes 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

Chronos July 19, 2019 bixi China Chinese Chinese mythology Japan Korea Mongolia Mythology Vietnam

Reading Time: 6 minutes 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

Chronos July 18, 2019 Bashe Chinese giant snake Mythological Mythology

Reading Time: 3 minutes 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 (mythology)

Chronos July 17, 2019 Baku Chinese Japanese Mythology

Reading Time: 2 minutes 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.…