...tury Narratives of the "Kamikakushi"". Asian Folklore Studies 46: 217-226. Asian Folklore Studies, Nanzan University.
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'''Gin-Sung''' is a Asian type of giant hair hominid that inhabits central China. According to repor
[[Category: Chinese mythology]]
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...ry:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]] and [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman mythology]], the '''Oceanids''' were the three thousand children of the Titans [[Ocea
# [[Asia (mythology)|Asia]] - Nymph of the Asian region, sister to Europe
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...seen at the entrances of pagodas and temples in Burma and other Southeast Asian countries.
[[Category: Burmese mythology]]
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In East Asian culture, there's sometimes a fifth Guardian Beast of the Ssu Ling. This dei
Huang Long doesn't appear in Japanese mythology: the fifth element in the Japanese elemental system is Void. So there canno
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...ra-Sue) is the floating head of a vampiric female ghost in Southeast Asian mythology.
[[Category:Thai mythology]]
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In Korean mythology, the '''haetae''' (often spelled haitai) is a unicorn-lion.
Haetae sculptures in architecture was widely used in China and other Asian countries. Sculpture of this sacred animal may have different meanings but
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..., or '''Kai Tsi''') is a mythical creature known in Chinese and other East Asian cultures.
[[Category: Chinese mythology]]
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The '''Tigmamanukan''' is an omen bird in Philippine mythology.
[[Image:Tigmamanukan.jpg|thumb|The Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella turcosa) is one of two species that have been
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...saras''' is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist mythology.
[[Category:Asian mythology]]
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...xāl'' in Tajikistan and Afghanistan, ''almasti'' or ''albasti'' in Central Asian Turkish speaking countries, and ''halmasti'' among the Dards.
According to [[Afghan mythology]] the als are young women with floating hair and very long nails who feed u
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...oro Kidul''']) is a legendary Indonesian goddess in Javanese and Sundanese mythology.
...gram for Southeast Asian Studies, 1993. ISBN 1-881044-06-8 (The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 56, No. 1 (Feb., 1997), pp. 246–247)
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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
...e Woman Who Married a Horse: Five Ways of Looking at a Chinese Folktale'', Asian Folklore Studies 54:275-305.
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...iles: pa-she) was a mythological giant snake that ate elephant in Chinese mythology.
...reptile or Chinese dragon but is also a variant Chinese name for the South Asian ran 蚺 or mang 蟒 "python" (and South American "boa constrictor" or Afric
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...e Magicality of the Hyena: Beliefs and Practices in West and South Asia''. Asian Folklore Studies, Volume 57, 1998: 331–344. June 2008. http://www.nanzan-
[[Category: Arabian mythology]]
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'''Chinese dragons''' are legendary creatures in Chinese mythology and folklore, with mythic counterparts among Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese a
...of ethnic identity, as part of a trend started in the 1970s when different Asian nationalities were looking for animal symbols for representations. The wolf
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...io, Francisco (1969). ''The Engkanto Belief: An Essay in Interpretation''. Asian Folklore Studies 28
[[Category:Philippine mythology]]
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[[Category:Asian mythology]]
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In [[Philippine mythology]], a '''diwata''' or '''encantada''' is a mythological figure similar to fa
...or example, the "white lady" belief is prevalent in the East and Southeast Asian regions), though the characteristics of having nose bridges and blonde hair
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*Qiguang Zhao, "Chinese Mythology in the Context of Hydraulic Society," Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 48, No. 2 (1989), pp. 231-246.
[[Category: Chinese mythology]]
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