Take a look at what the mythical beasts of ancient mythology looked like?
[九尾兽];
The province is called "Nine-tailed", also known as "Nine-tailed Fowl". Legendary beasts. Living in the mountains of green hills, cannibalism. It is said that it was first seen in the pre-Qin period, and it was said to be the beast of Ruixiang in the Han Dynasty, symbolizing the prosperity of the king. In addition, the world is peaceful, symbolizing the prosperity of the king's descendants.
"Nanshan Sutra": "(Qingqiu Mountain) has beasts, its shape is like fox ears and nine tails, its sound is like a baby, it can eat people, and the eater is not Gu. ”
"White Tiger Pass": "Virtue to birds and beasts is the nine-tailed fox to see." ”
[Roar]
Shaped like a rabbit, the tips of the ears are long, only a little more than a foot long. The lion is afraid, and the roar of the cover is rotting. "Yan Exposure Talk" is contained.
【Three-legged black】
The ancient Chinese sun spirits were also regarded as messengers of the sun. Ancient Chinese legend has it that the sun is inhabited by a three-legged black, and people worship the sun, and the three-legged black is also worshipped as a symbol of auspiciousness. It is said that there are 10 of them in the sky, causing drought and scorching heat on the ground. Emperor Yao ordered Hou Yi to shoot all the three-legged blacks, but Hou Yi shot down nine and left one, and from then on there was only one sun and it set in the evening. It is also said that the three-legged black is a spirit that serves the Queen Mother of the West.
【夔】（kui）
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Great Wilderness" records: There is Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea, which enters the sea for 7,000 miles. There is a beast on it, like an ox, with a pale body and no horns, and one foot, and if it enters and exits the water, it will be stormy, and its light is like the sun and the moon, and its sound is like thunder, and its name is called Kui. The Yellow Emperor got it, with its skin as a drum, with the bones of the thunder beast, the sound of 500 miles, to power the world.
Legend has it that there is a "Liupo Mountain" in the East China Sea, and Kui lives on this mountain. Kui's body and head resemble that of a cow, but it has no horns, and only one leg, and is covered in blue-black. It is said that the sun and moon shine and thunder roar, and if it enters the water, it will cause a storm. In the war between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou, the Yellow Emperor captured Kui, made a snare drum with its skin, and used its bones as a drumstick, as a result, the sound of hitting this drum could spread all over a radius of 500 miles, which greatly boosted the morale of the Yellow Emperor's army and shocked the Chiyou army.
Kui is born with heaven and earth, there are only three in the world, and the above is the first one, and the second one was killed by Qin Shi Huang, but Qin Shi Huang does not have the merits of the Yellow Emperor, so the drum made of Kui's skin is not so magical.
[Snake]
Water Beasts. The human face is jackal, winged, snake-walking, and the voice is like a cry. Recruit big water. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas (Middle Second Classic)" is contained
【Recruitment】
The human face and horse body, with tiger stripes, bird wings, and a voice like a grenade. It is claimed to be a god who watches the garden for the Emperor of Heaven, but it seems to be nothing more than a divine beast at best. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas (Western Three Classics)" is contained.
【Dangkang】
A small pig-like tooth that gets its name from its call. A good year can be predicted. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas (Eastern Four Classics)" is contained.
【Fei Lian】
The body of a deer, the head is like a finch, there are horns, and the snake tail leopard is written. It is said that it is a wind uncle. But I think it should be more reasonable to manipulate the wind and atmosphere of the divine beast. "Chu Ci (Lisao)" is loaded.
Several types of dragons from ancient Chinese legends
【Ying Long】1. A kind of winged dragon in ancient legends. Legend has it that when Yu ruled the flood, there was a dragon to draw the land into a river with its tail to make the water flow into the sea.
2. The god of ancient legends who is good at making clouds and making rain.
The "Etymology" says that "Yinglong" is a thousand-year-old dragon with wings, and a five-hundred-year-old dragon is called a ceratosaurus. Dragons are extraordinary things, with a long lifespan, and Ying Long is even more precious among dragons (of course, some people believe that Ying Long can refer to ancient clans and tribes and mysterious ancient kingdoms - Ying Long and Ying Guo). Qu Yuan, a great poet in the mainland, in "Tianwen", expressed his puzzlement about how the dragon helped Dayu to control the water, and how to use his tail to draw a river on the ground to divert the flood into the sea.
【Dragon】Tianchengxuan;
There are two theories about the dragon: one is one of the sources of the dragon in Chinese legend. Also known as the tail of the dragon, is a kind of sea beast, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty when someone said, said that the dragon is a water spirit, can be fireproof, it is recommended to put it on the roof to avoid fire; (The shape is like a beast, and its Xi is good to look forward or dangerous, and it can become a dragon on the top of today's temples, towers, and other high places, or beasts on the roof of the house, or beasts on the corners of the temple, and can also suppress fires.) According to the above, the original form of the dragon should be the gecko in our lives.
This type of dragon is characterized by being scaleless and finned
[Jiaolong];
Another example: Jiao Qiu (Jiao and 虬. Qiu: A small dragon with horns in ancient legends. Also refers to aquariums in general); Jiao (Jiaolong. 螭: Legend has it that it is an animal of the genus Jiaolong); Jiao Yi (Jiao Long and Ji Niu)
There are also ancient books that say that it is a hornless dragon
Jiao, dragon genus. Hornless. - "Rhyme Meeting"
The dominant perception is that there are no horns
【Dragon】
拼音 qiú lóng
A horned and beardless dragon from ancient legends. Qu Yuan's "Tianwen": "The Dragon Bear". Song "Rui Ying Tu": "Dragon Horse Shenma, the essence of the river, eight feet five inches high, long neck, wings, trim drooping hair, nine tones. See you when you have the Ming King. "The dragon is the legendary beast", "the god horse", "the horse is more than eight feet long", "the two-horned one".
[Candle Dragon];
A mythical beast in ancient Chinese mythology. Also known as Candle Yin, also written as Dragon. The human face and dragon body, with a candle in the mouth, illuminate the gloom in the northwest where there is no sun. Legend has it that he was so powerful that when he opened his eyes, it was day, and when he closed his eyes, it was dark, that is, night. Today's cultural historians believe that the candle dragon is the myth of the northern dragon totem tribe, and its original appearance should be the male root, which is transformed from the male genitalia. It arose later than the era of female yin worship.
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Classic of the Great Wilderness": "Beyond the Northwest Sea, north of Chishui, there is Zhangwei Mountain. There is a god, the face of the human snake is naked, the eyes are straight, the eyes are obscure, and the sight is clear. No food, no sleep, wind and rain are admonishable. It is the candle nine yin, and it is called the candle dragon. And "Overseas Classics": "The god of Zhongshan, whose name is candle yin, is regarded as day, sleep is night, blowing is winter, calling is summer, not drinking, not eating, not resting, breathing is wind; See Gong Weiying, Compendium of Primitive Worship.
"Chu Ci Tianwen": "The northwest is opened, what is the breath? The day is not good, how can the candle dragon shine?" and "Big Move": "There is a cold mountain in the north, and the dragon is pardoned." ”
The candle dragon is in the north of Yanmen, hidden in the mountain of Weiyu, and the sun is not seen, and its god and man face the dragon body and have no feet. (Huainanzi Topographical Training)
Beaulieu (note that it is cloudless)
The sky is less than the northwest, and there is no news of yin and yang, so there is a dragon fire essence to shine in the gate of heaven. (Guo Pu's note: "The Great Wilderness North Classic", Candle Dragon quotes "Poetry with Divine Mist".)
"The Book of Ten Thousand Shapes" says: The sun follows the air of the four directions. The ancient sage said: When the candle dragon travels to the east, it is cleared, when it travels west, when it travels south, when it travels to the north, it is killed. ("Yiwei Qiankun Chisel Volume")
"Overseas Classics": "The god of Zhongshan, called Candle Yin, is regarded as day, sleep is night, blowing is winter, calling is summer, not drinking, not eating, not resting, breathing is the wind; ”
The sayings are similar, and it is obvious that they are based on the "Overseas Classics" and the "Great Wilderness Classics".