...8:378-9) that the ''jiao'', which "occur in the whole of Central and South China", "is a special form of the snake as river god. The snake as river god or g
* Eberhard, Wolfram. 1968. ''The Local Cultures of South and East China.'' E. J. Brill.
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...n was on his way by ferry to a temple on the bank of West Lake, in central China. It was early spring during the Quing Ming Festival (much like our Samhain,
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* In China Miéville's Bas-Lag novels, the Vodyanoi are an aquatic people skilled in w
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...own admission Li Ching-Yun was born in 1736 in the province of Szechwan in China and had lived 197 years. However, in 1930 a professor and dean at Minkuo Un
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...nk. When they returned the boat was gone. At that time there was famine in China. Meat of any kind was from $1-3 per pound. So great was the suffering among
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...ese Emperors are descendants of dragons. Dragons symbolized the Emperor of China along with those of Japan.
...1896:248), "it is invariably figured as possessing three claws, whereas in China it has four or five, according as it is an ordinary or an imperial emblem."
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...' are dog-headed bipedal creatures in the mythologies of Europe, India and China.
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...ant salamander that inhabits the fast-moving mountain streams of Japan and China and can grow to lengths of 5 or 6 feet).
...s giant salamanders may be related to the ''Megalobatrachus'' of Japan and China, which belongs to the family ''Cryptobrachus''. The largest known North Ame
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...nd the mudpuppy which can reach the length of a foot or more. In Japan and China the giant salamander is found, which reaches 5 feet (1.5m) and weighs up to
Early travelers to China were shown garments supposedly woven from salamander wool; the cloth was co
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...dversary. According to the film, Meganula and Megaguirus had originated in China during Carboniferous period. The insects follow an odonatan life cycle of w
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*Jacques Gernet, 'China and the Christian Impact: A Conflict of Cultures'; originally published as
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...a lion. In northern China, it may be a Rui Shi or Fu Dog. In the south of China, it may be a nian. The Cantonese lion dance is sometimes a reenactment of t
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* Eberhard, 1968. ''The Local Cultures of South and East China''. E.J. Brill.
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* The anthology ''Looking for Jake'' by China Miéville contains a short story called "The Tain". It is set in a post-apo
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*Hakutaku - the wise Bai Ze beast of China, who reported on the attributes of demons
*Hōkō - a dog-like tree spirit from China
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Today, the rat king appears in novels such as ''China Miéville's King Rat'', ''The Tale of One Bad Rat'' by Bryan Talbot, ''Ratk
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...ri Harden (Barnes and Noble, 1995) as an excerpt from Religious Systems of China, vol. 5, book 2, by Jan de Groot (E.J. Brill, 1907.). It also can be found
* In the PlayStation 2 game Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, when the player is in China, a character summons grasshopper hopping corpses.
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...lso at [[Flathead Lake monster|Flathead Lake]] in Montana, Lake Tianchi in China, Bala Lake in Wales and the White River in Alabama. Fulk's Lake near Churu
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[[Image:dropa disk.jpg|thumb| A Bi Disk from China]]
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