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The first account contrasts the giant Peng bird with a small tiao (蜩 "cicada") and jiu (鳩 "pigeon; turtledove") and the third with a yan (鴳 or 鷃 "quail"). The Peng fish-bird transformation is not only the beginning myth in Zhuangzi, but Robert Allinson claims, "the central myth". [1] In the northern darkness there is a fish and his name ...
The 302nd line of the mantra pertains to the Great Golden Winged Peng Bird, the Garuda, and its retinue, which includes all species of birds. The Great Golden-Winged Peng is the king among birds. The Peng bird feasts exclusively on dragons. His wing-span measures an astounding 330 yojanas (3,960 to 4,950 km). When Peng flaps his wings, the sea ...
Some birds are associated with other mythological content. A three-legged bird or birds are a solar motif. Sometimes depicted as a Three-legged crow. The Qingniao is associated with the Queen Mother of the West, bearing her messages or bringing her food. [3] [4] Some birds feature as part of visions of the mythological geography of China.
Pengornis is the largest known enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of northeast China. The name derives from "Peng", which refers to a mythological bird from Chinese folklore, and "-ornis", which means bird in Greek. Pengornis is known from a single adult fossil, described by Zhou et al. in 2008.
Jingwei: the mythical bird which tried to fill up the ocean with twigs and pebbles; Jiufeng: nine-headed bird used to scare children; Peng (鵬/鹏): giant mythical bird; Shang-Yang (商羊): a rainbird; Sù Shuāng (鷫鷞; su 4 shuang 3): mythical bird like a crane; described as a water bird
Jingwei, a bird who is determined to dry up the sea. It was morphed from a girl who drowned in the sea. Jiufeng or Nine-headed Bird, an earlier version of the Fenghuang. Jinnalaluo, divine creatures with human bodies and animal heads. Jiuweihu, a huli jing with nine-tails; Jueyuan (mythology), creatures that look similar to monkeys.
Pages in category "Mythological and legendary Chinese birds" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. ... Peng (mythology) Q. Qingniao; R ...
A Peng (鵬) is a giant mythological bird likened to the Middle Eastern roc. [35] Garuda's Chinese name is Great Peng, the Golden-Winged Illumination King ...