Water Monkey
Physical Description:
A bipedal creature
Special Properties:
While its main diet is fish and prawns, it will occasionally pull humans asunder and soak the blood from the carcass
The Three Carcass
Physical Description:
The three types of worms that reputedly exist within human bodies according to Taoism. The upper worm Peng Ju is white and indigo. The middle worm Peng Zhi is white and yellow. The lower worm Peng Jiao is white and black.
Special Properties:
When a human dies, the Three Carcass will leave and take on material form. It is said that the upper worm creates gluttonous urges, the middle worm greed and anger and finally, the lower worm vanity and lasciviousness. Hence, there are many legends of Taoist practitioners removing the Three Carcass.
Chicken Crown Snake
Physical Description:
A snake with a rooster’s crown on it head
Special Properties:
It can rear its upper body up in an erect way. Its call is that of hens and it can fly. It is able to constrict humans to death.
Pang
Physical Description:
A massive bird by all accounts. Some said that the Chinese character of Pang is the ancient version of the common character for Phoenix used nowadays. Another version has this massive bird Pang as being evolved from a massive fish
Lore:
In Chinese, this bird is associated with having a grand goal (ambition) and success. In addition, with the increasing popularity of Buddhism in China, the Garuda from Hindu myths (supposedly a massive bird whose main diet is dragons) has been mixed up with the Pang and the Golden Winged Pang has evolved out of that.
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