'''Chinese dragons''' are legendary creatures in Chinese mythology and folklore, with mythic counterparts among Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese a
...inology, a dragon is yang (male) and complements a yin (female) fenghuang "Chinese phoenix".
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...mplified Chinese: 青龙; pinyin: Qīng Lóng) is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations and one of the four guardian spirits of Japanese cities.
...l characteristics and origins. They have been portrayed in many historical Chinese myths and fiction, and also appear in many modern Japanese comic books and
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...e-Giles: t'ien lung; lit. "heavenly dragon") is a flying dragon in Chinese mythology
In Chinese Buddhist terminology, ''tianlong'' means either "heavenly [[Naga]]s (dragon
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...en''' or '''Poisonfeather Birds''', are poisonous birds referenced in many Chinese myths, annals and poetry.
...' (Chinese: 迴陽; pinyin: huíyáng) and the female is called ''Yin Harmony'' (Chinese: 阴氳; pinyin: yīnyūn).
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...its certain quadrumana, besides actual human beings, mountaineers alien to Chinese culture, perhaps a dying race of aborigines."
...Michael. 1990. [http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf4/carr1990chinese.pdf "Chinese Dragon Names"], ''Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area'' 13.2:87-189.
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...de-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, particularly one of
The Chinese word longma combines long 龍 ''dragon'' and ma 馬 ''horse''.
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...iles: 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
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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.
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It is often represented with the head of a Chinese dragon.
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The '''Pénghoú''' (彭侯) is a tree spirit from Chinese folklore also known as '''Hōkō''' in Japan.
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In Chinese mythology, the four '''Dragon Kings''' (龍王; pinyin: Lóng Wáng) are the divine r
...led descriptions were given of the finery of their crystal palaces. In the Chinese classical novel ''Journey to the West'', a Dragon King is one of the main c
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The Chinese characters are also a Japanese (and Chinese) word for ''orangutan'', and can also be used in Japanese to refer to someo
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'''Pixiu''' or '''Pi Yao''' (Chinese: 貔貅; pinyin: pí xiū) is a Chinese mythical hybrid creature and a protector to practitioners of Feng Shui.
Originally known as Pi Xie (辟邪; to avoid evil spirits in Chinese)
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...oguai]] with the head of a bull that appears in ''Journey to the West'', a Chinese novel was written and published anonymously by Wu Cheng'en in the 16th cent
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...iu-Tou]] (Ox head) are two fearsome guardians of the Underworld in Chinese mythology.
In the Chinese classic novel ''Journey to the West'', at one point Horse-Face and Ox-Head
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[[Image:Yatagarasu.jpg|thumb|right|200 px|Three legged bird commonly found in mythology and art.]]
In Chinese mythology, the sun is in the form of a three-legged golden crow (金烏/金乌). Acco
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...羅), also called '''Yan Wang''' is the senior king of the ten courts of the Chinese underworld. He looks into the former lives of the dead and assigns them to
The name Yanluo is a shortened Chinese transliteration of the Sanskrit term "King Yama". In Korean, the same chara
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...dragon") is a dragon with a human head worshipped as a Sun God in Chinese mythology.
* Carr, Michael. 1990. ''Chinese Dragon Names", Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area'' 13.2:87-189.
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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
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...iai Chai, Chiai Tung''', or '''Kai Tsi''') is a mythical creature known in Chinese and other East Asian cultures.
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