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The '''Hsigo''' or '''Hsiao''' is a creature of Chinese folklore that resembled an owl but had a human face, the body of a monkey, and the t [[category: Chinese mythology]]

'''Chinese dragons''' are legendary creatures in Chinese mythology and folklore, with mythic counterparts among Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Turkic dra ...inology, a dragon is yang (male) and complements a yin (female) fenghuang "Chinese phoenix".

The '''Yeren''', variously referred to as the '''Yiren''', '''Yeh Ren''', '''Chinese Wildman''', '''Wildman of Shennongjia''', '''Man-Monkey''', or '''Ren Xiong ...he local fauna, adding to its mystique. It has been connected with ancient Chinese legends of magical forest [[ogre]]s and man-like bears.

'''Zhong Kui''' (Chinese: 鍾馗; pinyin: Zhōng Kuí; Japanese: '''Shōki''') is traditionally rega ...er Zhong became king of ghosts in Hell, he returned to his hometown on the Chinese New Year's Eve. To repay Du Ping's kindness, Zhong Kui gave his younger sis

...ngmǎ; Wade-Giles: lung-ma) was a fabled winged horse with dragon scales in Chinese mythology. Seeing a longma was an omen of a legendary sage-ruler, particula The Chinese word longma combines long 龍 ''dragon'' and ma 馬 ''horse''.

...; Wade-Giles: pa-she) was a mythological giant snake that ate elephant in Chinese mythology. ''The Shanhaijing'' is an ancient Chinese mytho-geography. Chapter 10, the ''Haineinan jing'' 海內南經 ''Classic

The '''Pénghoú''' (彭侯) is a tree spirit from Chinese folklore also known as '''Hōkō''' in Japan. [[Category: Chinese mythology]]

In Chinese mythology, the '''shen''' or '''chen''' (Chinese: 蜃; pinyin: shèn or chèn; Wade-Giles: shen or ch'en; literally "large c ...zes that the chen < *dyən 辰 phonetic series (using Bernhard Karlgren's Old Chinese reconstructions) split between *dyən "dragon" and *tyən "thunder". The fo

...the sun is in the form of a three-legged golden crow (金烏/金乌). According to folklore, there were originally ten sun birds, residing in a mulberry tree in the ea Folklore also held that, at around 2170 BC, all ten sun birds came out on the same d

'''Amefurikozo''' (雨降り小僧, "rainfall kid") is a weather spirit in Japanese folklore. ...onjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki. According to Sekien, it is in service of U-shi, a Chinese god of precipitation, and thus has the power to make the rain fall.

...e legends and folklore concerning dragons, sea serpents, unicorns, and the Chinese phoenix.

In the folklore of Gambia, a '''Ninki Nanka''' is a dragon-like creature believed to live i ...ad an encounter with a Ninki Nanka said it looked similar to an image of a Chinese dragon.

In Chinese mythology, '''Huli jing''' (Chinese: 狐狸精) are fox spirits that can be either good or bad. In Chinese, ''huli'' means fox, and ''jing'',spirit. Also a modern colloquial term fo

...simply '''Gui''' is the transliteration of the Cantonese word 魔怪 (Mandarin Chinese: 魔鬼; pinyin：móguǐ) meaning "ghost", "evil spirit", "devil" or "demo ...imply means deceased spirits or souls of the dead. Nevertheless, in modern Chinese, it has evolved to refer usually to the dead spirits or ghosts of non-famil

'''Baku''' (獏 or 貘, also known as "dream eaters") are spirits found in Chinese and Japanese mythology that devour dreams and nightmares. ...plush dolls may be used instead). In addition, people sometimes write the Chinese character for "baku" on pillowcases. In the Edo era, pillows with a baku d

...'' , is a rabbit that lives on the moon in East Asian folklore. In Chinese folklore, it is often portrayed as a companion of the moon goddess Chang'o, constant ...ing States period in ancient China. The Chu Ci, a Western Han anthology of Chinese poems from the Warring States period, notes that along with a toad, there i

...ogy)|group]]. The academic and usually [[ethnology|ethnographic]] study of folklore is known as [[folkloristics]]. ...als; only in the 20th century did ethnographers begin to attempt to record folklore without overt political goals. The [[Brothers Grimm]], Wilhelm Grimm|Wilhel

...(also written in a hyphenated form as '''were-cats''') are creatures of [[folklore]], fantasy fiction, horror fiction, and [[occult]]ism that are generally de ==Folklore==

In the folklore of Japan, the '''ushi-oni''' (牛鬼,lit. "ox ogre"), or '''gyūki''', is t ...uly in Uwajima of Ehime Prefecture. Something like the dragon dancers at a Chinese New Year celebration, this ushi-oni is represented with a huge, multiple-pe

...elestial Stag''' or '''Celestial Roe''' is an undead creature from Chinese folklore that lives in mines. It is mentioned in the [[Book of Imaginary Beings]] by ...luding Willoughby-Meade, believed that Groot's translation of the original Chinese word was incorrect, or that it is a variation of another word. This has als

...e''' dragons include diverse legendary creatures in Japanese mythology and folklore. ...indigenous tatsu from Old Japanese ta-tu, Sino-Japanese ryū or ryō 竜 from Chinese lóng 龍, nāga ナーガ from Sanskrit nāga, and doragon ドラゴン fr

...(人魂, 人玉, Hitodama? "human soul" or "human ball") are believed in Japanese folklore to be the souls of the newly dead taking form of mysterious fireballs. Ghostly fires in Japan may also be called onibi (鬼火, onibi? "demon fire"). In Chinese they are called guǐ-huǒ (Pinyin) or gwäe-fo (Cantonese). Hitodama is the

refers to various groups in folklore who were said to change the physical appearance of human beings by manipula <blockquote>The Comprachicos worked on man as the Chinese work on trees. A sort of fantastic stunted thing left their hands; it was r

*'''[[Ghoul]]s''', from '''Arab [[folklore]] ''' *'''[[Hopping corpse]]s''', of '''Chinese folklore'''

..., but also known as jiangshi), sometimes called '''hopping corpse''' or '''Chinese vampires''' by Westerners, are reanimated corpses that hop around, killing [[Image:Chiang-shih.jpg|thumb|Hong Kong movie Chinese vampire]]

...Kitsune'', and they are both related to mythological belief in Japasese [[folklore]]. ...e the Japanese fox, which can be either benevolent or malevolent. Chinese folklore also contains fox spirits with many similarities to kitsune, including the

'''Dracs''' are fairy creatures in the folklore of South France. ...e. Still other versions confuse this beast with other monsters of regional folklore, and claim the Drac was slain by some saint or heroine.

...y one of the most effective Vampire apotropaics. It is well known in both folklore and fiction that this potent herb’s pungent odor and spicy taste is known ...to Vampire folklore. While popular in fiction, it also has some basis in folklore. Because of its purity and lustrous white color, silver is believed to pos

*In China people say that one should not sweep or dust on Chinese New Year's Day lest good fortune also be swept away. ===Superstition and the study of folklore===

'''Oni''' (鬼) are creatures from Japanese folklore, variously translated as demons, devils, ogres or trolls. ...so take on a variety of forms to deceive (and often devour) humans. Thus a Chinese character (鬼) meaning "ghost" came to be used for these formless creature

...iry tales <ref>{{cite book|last=Simpson & Roud|title=Dictionary of English Folklore| year=2000| pages= 254}}</ref>. Not every religious narrative is a myth ho ...of its power from being believed and deeply held as true. In the study of folklore, all sacred traditions have myths, and there is nothing pejorative or dismi

...used to write it are borrowed from the name of a fierce demon from Chinese folklore called [[tiangou]]. ...ulated that the early Japanese tengu may represent a conglomeration of two Chinese spirits: the tiangou and the fox spirits called huli jing.

...man Thomas di Giovanni, contains descriptions of 120 mythical beasts from folklore and literature. ...n seen with antler-like horns and protrusions running along its spine. The Chinese dragon is often pictured with a pearl: the source of its power.

...ina, particularly in the Guangzhou area, the Chinese people usually hold a Chinese version of the Day of the Dead ritual for their ancestors in autumn. The ri The earliest literature to rationally discuss the issue comes from the Chinese philosopher, Mo Tzu (470-391 BC)

...extremely variable in different traditions, and are a frequent subject of folklore, cinema, and contemporary fiction. ...mainly bite the victim's neck, extracting the blood from a main artery. In folklore and popular culture, the term generally refers to a belief that one can gai

In Japanese folklore, not only the dead are able to manifest their reikon for a haunting. Livin Like many monsters of Japanese folklore, malicious yūrei are repelled by ofuda (御札), holy Shinto writings cont

* [[Nue]], a creature from Japanese folklore that is similar in appearance to the Chimera. * [[Qilin]], a Chinese mythical creature, thought to bring good luck.

*In modern-day European-based folklore, Death is known as the '''Grim Reaper''' or '''The grim spectre of death''' *[[Yama]] (Buddhism and Chinese mythology)

In [[religion]], [[folklore]], and [[mythology]] a '''demon''' (sometimes known as a "Däemon") is a [ ...rily evil or even anthropomorphic, but range from the evil [[Oni (Japanese folklore)|oni]] (devils) to the erotic meinaishujin (unseen or invisible masters), a

...creatures beings first depicted in ancient Vedic Hindu mythology and oral folklore from at least 5000 B.C. ...ms and guard treasure. In China, the nāga was equated with the [[lóng]] or Chinese dragon.

...feed, usually between the hours of noon and midnight (according to Slavic folklore, anyway). The Vampire only prefers the darkness because it can move about Sometimes as Gypsy folklore dictates, the Vampire’s sexual drive was enough to cause the creature to

...Qilin of China, part dragon and part hoofed mammal, sometimes called the "Chinese unicorn" *Koropokkuru - a little person from Ainu folklore

It is associated with the Egyptian Benu, the Garuda of the Hindus, and the Chinese Feng-huang. In Russian folklore, the phoenix appears as the Zhar-Ptitsa (Жар-Птица), or firebird, s

...n the 1930s, during the Siege of Leningrad in World War II, and during the Chinese Civil War and the [[Great Leap Forward]] in China. It has been claimed tha Similarly, Japanese scholars (e.g. Kuwabara Jitsuzo) branded the Chinese culture as cannibalistic in certain propagandistic works &mdash; which serv

...ing folk]] found in Great Britain. In their magical practices astrology, [[folklore]], and distorted versions of Christian ritual magic worked alongside each o Sorcerors and sorcery are a staple of [[China|Chinese]] [[wu xia]] fiction and are dramatically featured in many [[martial arts m

...passed down in Native American, Australian Aboriginal, and African Tribal folklore. "Br'er Rabbit and the Tar Baby", for example, is fairly acute psychology ===Chinese mystics===