Daoshou ( 倒寿 ): A ferocious beast of the west, described as having the body of a tiger and the face of a human.They also attack by firing poisonous projectiles. Daolao Gui reside in the mountains and are described as having howls akin to storms. Daolao Gui ( 刀劳鬼 ): A deadly Chinese demon that was first described in Soushen Ji.The ancient compendium describes Dangkang as the harbinger of harvests. Dangkang ( 当康 ): A green, boar-like monster mentioned in Shan Hai Jing.In ancient Chinese myths though, Dafeng was a savage bird that was ultimately killed by Hou Yi. Dafeng ( 大风 ): In the Chinese language, Dafeng literally means a strong wind.Scholars continue to debate about the symbolic meaning of Zhuangzi’s peculiar tale. Originally an immense fish thousands of miles long known as a Kun, comparative mythologists have likened Da Peng to the Arabic Roc and the Hindu Garuda. Da Peng ( 大鹏 ): In Zhuangzi’s Xiaoyao You, Da Peng was a huge bird whose wing flaps were capable of stirring the seas.(Chongming means double sight in Chinese) Chongming Niao ( 重明鸟 ): A powerful avian in ancient Chinese folktales that's capable of defeating massive beasts.Chi Mei Wang Liang ( 魑魅魍魉 ): A generic term for malicious spirits of the wilderness, or mountain demons.In today’s written and spoken Chinese, the name is still synonymous with a splendid horse. Chenghuang ( 乘黄 ): Shan Hai Jing describes Chenghuang as a magnificent, divine steed.Changui ( 产鬼 ): Awful-looking wraiths believed to either be the spirits of women who died during childbirth, or the demons that cause the misfortune.Wearing the fur of a Boyi has the benefit of heightening one’s courage. Boyi ( 猼訑 ): An ancient goat-like supernatural entity with nine foxtails and several eyes on its back.Classic Chinese architecture often uses Bixi as a decorative element for the bases of pillars, plaques, etc. Like Ao (see above), it is capable of holding up mountains and continents. Bixi ( 赑屃 ): An ancient Chinese mythical dragon with the shell of a tortoise.Its name is based on the sound of crackling burning wood. Bifang Niao ( 毕方鸟 ): A Chinese mythological bird said to be the harbinger of fiery disasters.In Feng Shui, the White Tiger is associated with metals. One of the Four Symbols of Chinese cosmology and guardian of the west. In Chinese creation myths, Huang Di encountered Bai Ze in the east and from this legendary creature, learned about the many supernatural beings of the world. It is usually depicted as a four-legged creature with a human face. Bai Ze ( 白泽 ): An ancient Chinese mythical creature capable of human speech and knowledgeable about the beings of the world.This myth, in turn, gave rise to the Chinese saying, ren xin bu zu she tun xiang (人心不足蛇吞象), which translated as “Man’s greed is worse than the snake that swallows elephants.”
Ba She ( 巴蛇 ): According to Shan Hai Jing, Ba She is an immense snake capable of swallowing entire elephants.Armed with long, deadly claws and said to be very fond of eating human brains. Aoyin ( 傲因 ): A raggedly, awful Chinese mythical beast mentioned in Shenyi Jing.In the Huainanzi Treatise, it is said that an Ao carries the Taoist magical mountains of Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou on its back. Ao ( 鳌 ): An ancient giant tortoise that supports mountains and continents, the legs of which, supposedly, were also used by the goddess Nüwa to hold up the heavens.The Shan Hai Jing is the most “authoritative” source of legendary creatures and monsters in Chinese mythology.
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