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Epic of Darkness [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Darkness] | |||
Fantastic Beasts in | ''In the beginning, everything was a cloud of gas, chaos and darkness. After eons of effort, the first drop of water was created by a deity named Jiang Ku. However a god named Lang Dang Zi swallowed that drop of water and died.'' | ||
Another death [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kua_Fu] | |||
''One day, Kua Fu decided to chase and catch the Sun. He followed the Sun from the East to the West, draining the Yellow River and the Wei River (all rivers and lakes crossing his path) to quench his burning thirst. As he searched for more water, he died of dehydration. The wooden club he was carrying grew into a vast forest of peach trees called Deng Forest. | |||
In one version, Kua Fu turns into a mountain range.'' | |||
Futile Persistance [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingwei] | |||
''Three thousand ninety li farther southeast, then northeast, stands Departing-Doves Mountain. On its heights are many mulberry trees. There is a bird dwelling here whose form resembles a crow with a patterned head, white beak, and red feet. It is called Jingwei and makes a sound like its name. She is the younger daughter of the Flame Thearch named Nüwa. Nüwa was swimming in the Eastern Sea when she was unable to return to shore and drowned. She then transformed into the bird Spirit-Guardian and regularly carries twigs and stones from the Western Mountains to fill up the Eastern Sea. The Zhang River emanates from here and flows eastward into the Yellow River.'' | |||
Fantastic Beasts in The Mountains and Seas [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_of_Mountains_and_Seas] | |||
(Eating them or wearing them seem to be a theme...) | |||
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Revision as of 21:48, 3 February 2019
Epic of Darkness [1]
In the beginning, everything was a cloud of gas, chaos and darkness. After eons of effort, the first drop of water was created by a deity named Jiang Ku. However a god named Lang Dang Zi swallowed that drop of water and died.
Another death [2]
One day, Kua Fu decided to chase and catch the Sun. He followed the Sun from the East to the West, draining the Yellow River and the Wei River (all rivers and lakes crossing his path) to quench his burning thirst. As he searched for more water, he died of dehydration. The wooden club he was carrying grew into a vast forest of peach trees called Deng Forest.
In one version, Kua Fu turns into a mountain range.
Futile Persistance [3]
Three thousand ninety li farther southeast, then northeast, stands Departing-Doves Mountain. On its heights are many mulberry trees. There is a bird dwelling here whose form resembles a crow with a patterned head, white beak, and red feet. It is called Jingwei and makes a sound like its name. She is the younger daughter of the Flame Thearch named Nüwa. Nüwa was swimming in the Eastern Sea when she was unable to return to shore and drowned. She then transformed into the bird Spirit-Guardian and regularly carries twigs and stones from the Western Mountains to fill up the Eastern Sea. The Zhang River emanates from here and flows eastward into the Yellow River.
Fantastic Beasts in The Mountains and Seas [4]
(Eating them or wearing them seem to be a theme...)