...ese: 伏藏龍; pinyin: Fúcánglóng), '''Futs-Lung''' or '''Futs-Long''', are the Chinese underworld dragons which guard buried treasures, both natural and man-made.
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..."spirit dragon", Japanese: 神竜 Shinryū) is a spiritual dragon from Chinese mythology that controls wind and rain.
...ng governed the wind, clouds and rain on which all agrarian life depended. Chinese people took great care to avoid offending them, for if they grew angry or f
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...f birds, while the Vermilion Bird is a mythological spirit creature of the Chinese constellations.
* Well (Chinese: 井; pinyin: Jǐng)
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In Chinese mythology, the '''Peng''' and '''Kun''' (Chinese: 鯤; pinyin: kūn) are different forms of the same creature.
...sea, the Peng will fly to the southern sea. They travel three thousand li (Chinese miles) in one flap of their wings. They can fly for six months without rest
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...(黄龙, Yellow Dragon) (Korean: Hwang-Ryong) is a hornless dragon in Chinese mythology.
...ity is the guardian of the center and it represents the element earth, the Chinese quintessence, as well as the changing of the seasons.
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'''Zhu Rong''', also known as Chu Jong, is a God of Fire from Chinese mythology. He is regent of the southern quarter of heaven and helped in the division
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'''Yecha''' (夜叉) are nature spirits in Chinese mythology.
The Chinese term ''ye cha'' translates to ''night ghost'' but is sometimes referred to
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* Legs (Chinese: 奎; pinyin: Kuí)
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'''Gong Gong''' is a Chinese water god that takes the form of an immense black dragon attended by a nine
In Chinese mythology, Gong Gong was ashamed that he lost the fight to claim the throne of Heaven
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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,
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...ity is the guardian of the center and it represents the element earth, the Chinese quintessence, as well as the changing of the seasons.
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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Tibetans call this creature Dzu-Tehy. Other Chinese names include Kung-Lu and Tok.
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Chinese literature assigns this creature a variety of descriptions, but most often
One plausible theory is that the Chinese derived its name from a destructive meteor that hit China sometime in the 6
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...-xia or ba-xia) is a chimeric dragon and the Lord of the Rivers in Chinese mythology.
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...), and it represents the north and the winter season. Although its name in Chinese, Xuánwǔ, is often translated as Black Tortoise in English, it is usually
* Dipper (Chinese: 斗; pinyin: Dǒu)
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In Chinese mythology, the '''xiezhi''' is a legendary creature that act as guardian of holy plac
...symbol of justice and water, due to tits fire-eating qualities. In Chinese mythology, the xiezhi is credited with the ability to distinguish between right and w
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...s: Pai Tse), or '''hakutaku''' (白沢) in Japanese, is a fantastic beast from Chinese legend which is said to advise only kings of virtue.
* Harper, Donald (December 1985). "A Chinese Demonography of the Third Century B.C.". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
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[[Image:Ki-Lin.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Ki-Lin, The Chinese Unicorn]]
A mythical being of Chinese mythology, comparable with the western [[unicorn]]. Ki-lin personifies all that is go
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'''yāoguài''' or '''yaomo''' (妖魔) or '''yaojing''' (妖精) is a Chinese term that generally means "demon".
...lly referred to as guài (literally, "freak") or mó (literally, "demon") in Chinese. There are also yaoguai kings (mówáng) that command a number of lessor de
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...ian]] (Horse face) 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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