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  2. List of legendary creatures from China - Wikipedia

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    Feilong, winged legendary creature that flies among clouds. Fish in Chinese mythology. Four Perils. Four Symbols, also called Sixiang, four legendary animals that represent the points of the compass. Fox spirit, a famous mythological fox -like creature. Also called huli jing, huyao, huxian, or huzu. A Hulijing.

  3. Fish in Chinese mythology - Wikipedia

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    Yu (fish) Fishes are a symbol of wealth in Chinese culture. [3]: 124 The Chinese character for fish is yu (traditional Chinese: 魚; simplified Chinese: 鱼; pinyin: yú). It is pronounced with a different tone in modern Chinese, 裕 (yù) means "abundance". Alternatively, 餘, meaning "over, more than", is a true homophone, so the common ...

  4. List of legendary creatures by type - Wikipedia

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    Caladrius (Roman) – white bird with healing powers. Chalkydri (Jewish) – heavenly creatures of the Sun. Chamrosh (Persian mythology) – body of a dog, head & wings of a bird. Cinnamon bird (Greek) – greek myth of an arabian bird that builds nests out of cinnamon. Devil Bird (Sri Lankan) – shrieks predicting death.

  5. Shen (clam-monster) - Wikipedia

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    Shen (clam-monster) Look up 蜃 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shen illustrated in Wakan Sansai Zue. In Chinese mythology, the shen or chen (Chinese: 蜃; pinyin: shèn/chèn; Wade–Giles: shen/ch'en; lit. 'large clam') is a shapeshifting dragon or shellfish -type sea monster believed to create mirages.

  6. Cetus (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    In Ancient Greek ketos (κῆτος, plural kete/ketea, κήτη/κήτεα[1]), Latinized as cetus (pl. ceti or cete = cetea[2]), is any huge sea monster. [3] According to the mythology, Perseus slew a cetus to save Andromeda from being sacrificed to it. The term cetacean (for whale) derives from cetus. In Greek art, ceti were depicted as ...

  7. Chimera (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Dragon – a reptilian monster sharing similar hybrid, flying and fire-breathing traits; Garuda – a mythical creature and Demigod from Indian sub-continent; Griffin, a.k.a. griffon or gryphon – a lion/eagle hybrid; Hybrid creatures in mythology; Kotobuki – a Japanese Chimera with the parts of the animals on the Chinese Zodiac

  8. List of Greek mythological creatures - Wikipedia

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    A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...

  9. Qilin - Wikipedia

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    Qilin. The qilin (English: / tʃiˈlɪn / chee-LIN; Chinese: 麒麟) is a legendary hooved chimerical creature that appears in Chinese mythology, and is said to appear with the imminent arrival or passing of a sage or illustrious ruler. [1] Qilin are a specific type of the lin mythological family of one-horned beasts.