Ju Fu
Physical Description:
An ape-like creature with patterned arms.
Special Properties:
It is good at throwing at tigers and leopards.
Translation Quirks:
A more mundane alternative translation was that it is just good at throwing with striped arms like tigers and leopards. I went with the more unusual translation.
Xi Qu
Physical Description:
A cow-like creature.
Special Properties:
The sound it makes is like that of babies. It eats humans.
Translation Quirks:
Its colour is in dispute. It might be indigo, black or just some dark colour.
Chang Fu
Physical Description:
A chicken-like bird with three heads, six eyes, six feet but only three wings.
Special Properties:
Consuming its meat makes you insomniac.
Ying Shao (or Baby Spoon)
Physical Description:
A magpie-like bird that has red eyes, a red beak, a white body and a tail shaped like a spoon.
Special Properties:
It makes a sound like its name.
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