Mythical Creatures in The Classics

- Nine-tailed Fox

A nine-tailed white fox. As the legend goes, it was the matchmaker of China's greatest hydraulic engineer The Great Yu, and his wife Tushan Shi.

- Kokakutyo

According to Strange Tales from Stories of Mountain and Rivers, Kokakutyo is formed by the grieving thoughts of the women who died of childbirth.

- Goat-Owl

According to Strange Tales from Stories of Mountain and Rivers, Goat-Owl is a mysterious monster: its shape is like a human face of sheep, with its eyes under its armpits and its tiger teeth. "Zuozhuan-Wen Gong Eighteen Years"(An ancient book) has a saying: "Yao has four beasts: Hundun, Qiongqi, Taowu, Goat-Owl, which was sent to four lords in order to deal with dragons without horns and ghosts in mountains. Thus, Yao run the world well and became the emperor."  It has a huge stomach and is able to devour anything it wants.

- Fei Fei

Fei Fei is a kind of beast in The Classics. Fei Fei looks like a cat and drags a long whitetail. Many people are eager to find it and keep it by their side. Because Fei Fei is docile, never bites, and looks very cute. It is covered with hyacinth, and raising it can eliminate people's gloom.

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