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  2. List of supernatural beings in Chinese folklore - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of supernatural beings in Chinese folklore and fiction originating from traditional folk culture and contemporary literature.. The list includes creatures from ancient classics (such as the Discourses of the States, Classic of Mountains and Seas, and In Search of the Supernatural) literature from the Gods and Demons genre of fiction, (for example, the Journey to the ...

  3. List of legendary creatures from China - Wikipedia

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    Fenghuang, Chinese phoenix; Fenghuang. Feilian, god of the wind who is a winged dragon with the head of a deer and tail of a snake. 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.

  4. Category:Characters in Chinese mythology - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Characters in Chinese mythology" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... List of supernatural beings in Chinese folklore ...

  5. List of Chinese mythology - Wikipedia

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    Along with Chinese folklore, Chinese mythology forms an important part of Chinese folk religion (Yang et al 2005, 4). Many stories regarding characters and events of the distant past have a double tradition: ones which present a more historicized or euhemerized version and ones which presents a more mythological version (Yang et al 2005, 12 ...

  6. Category:Chinese legendary creatures - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 19 January 2024, at 23:09 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  7. Ghosts in Chinese culture - Wikipedia

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    鬼 ' (Mandarin pinyin: guǐ) is the general Chinese term for ghost, used in combination with other symbols to give related meanings such as guilao (鬼佬), literally "ghost man", a Cantonese pejorative term for foreigners, and mogwai (魔鬼) meaning "devil". [1] Characters such as 魇; yǎn; 'nightmare' also carry related meanings. [2]

  8. List of Journey to the West characters - Wikipedia

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    The Grand Mother of Mount Li (Chinese: 驪山老母) The Queen Mother of the West (西王母), also referred to as Lady Queen Mother (王母娘娘) in the novel, is the matriarch deity in the Taoist pantheon. She reports Sun Wukong to the Jade Emperor for stealing the peaches meant for a feast she is hosting.

  9. List of fictional people of the Three Kingdoms - Wikipedia

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    Pan Feng is the subject of a Chinese internet meme involving a line from the novel, "Here's one of my best men, Pan Feng. He can destroy Hua Xiong." This meme is a cultural phenomenon and has led to a surge in Pan Feng's popularity [1] to rival the more well known figures of the Three Kingdoms period. This popularity has been attributed to ...