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The provenance of the Tengu recorded in the Shanhai Sutra - Yin Shan - Xi ci Sanjing 13

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Three hundred miles west of Mount Zhangguo (e-ersheng, see Xi ci san jing 12) to the yin mountain (probably the name of an unknowable mountain on the south side of the Tata River and the Baga Qa Qadamu River), the turbid bath water (possibly the Xinjiang Tata Ling River) originates from here, there are many patterned shells in the water, there is a long beast like a tanuki (bobcat) in the Yin Mountain, with a white head, barking like a durian (the sound of a cat), people call it a tengu, which can defend against all kinds of dangers.

The provenance of the Tengu recorded in the Shanhai Sutra - Yin Shan - Xi ci Sanjing 13

Baga Qaidam River

The provenance of the Tengu recorded in the Shanhai Sutra - Yin Shan - Xi ci Sanjing 13

Colored shells

The provenance of the Tengu recorded in the Shanhai Sutra - Yin Shan - Xi ci Sanjing 13

Tanuki, wildcat, bobcat

The provenance of the Tengu recorded in the Shanhai Sutra - Yin Shan - Xi ci Sanjing 13

Tengu

Two hundred miles west of the Yin Mountains, you will reach Mount Fu (dang sisheng, probably the name of a certain unknowable mountain in the Qilian Mountains), where there are many palm and nan trees, and there are many gold and jade stones under the mountain, where the heavenly gods and rivers live, and this mountain often rains strangely, and wind and clouds are generated here.

The provenance of the Tengu recorded in the Shanhai Sutra - Yin Shan - Xi ci Sanjing 13

Qilian Mountains

The provenance of the Tengu recorded in the Shanhai Sutra - Yin Shan - Xi ci Sanjing 13

Palm trees

The provenance of the Tengu recorded in the Shanhai Sutra - Yin Shan - Xi ci Sanjing 13

Nan tree

Note:

The heavenly god Jiang Doubt, who lives in Fu Yu Mountain, only mentioned in the original text when describing the mountain god, and did not describe it in detail, but from the strange rain near this mountain in the following text, and it is the place where the clouds and winds are generated, it is speculated that Jiang Suspect should be a god who can call the wind and rain

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