Fairy and Demon Gods

Chapter 11 [Self-Singing Birds and Fishes: Quru Birds, Baby Spoon Birds, Ruth Birds, Elephant Snake Birds, and Snakefish]

[Qu Runiao (shaped like a 鵁 with a white head and a three-legged human face)] "Shan Hai Jing · Nan Shan Jing"

On the mountain of praying, there is a bird Yan, whose shape is like a bird with a white head and a three-legged human face. Its name is Quru, and its song is called its own name.

Translation: Praying across the mountain, there is a bird on the mountain that looks like a red-headed heron but has white hair and human cheeks. Its name is Qu Ru, and its cry is its name.

[Baby spoon bird (shaped like a magpie, with red eyes, red beak and white body)] "Shan Hai Jing Zhong Shan Jing"

Fragmented Mountain.Jishui flows out, and Nanliu flows into Han Dynasty.Today, Jishui flows out of the northwest mountains of Li County and enters Han Li in the south, and the Li phonetic characters are also the same.There is Niaoyan, whose name is a baby spoon, whose shape is like a magpie, with red eyes, red beak, white body, and its tail is like a spoon, like a wine spoon.It sings and calls itself.

Translation: Zhili Mountain.The Fau River originates from this mountain and flows southward into the Han River.There is a bird named Yingshao in the mountains. It looks like a common magpie, but it has red eyes, a red mouth, a white body, and a tail that is similar in shape to a wine spoon. Its cry is the pronunciation of its name.

【竦si bird (female pheasant with human face)】《Shan Hai Jing Bei Shan Jing》

On the mountain of Guanti, there are many cedars on it, and there are many quicksands and rocks on the bottom.There is Niaoyan, whose shape is like a female pheasant and has a human face, and it jumps when it sees people. It is called Yusi, and its song is called itself.

Translation: On Guanti Mountain, there are dense Ailanthus and Zhe trees on the mountain, and quicksand is everywhere at the foot of the mountain, and there are many millstones.There is also a bird in the mountains, which looks like a common female pheasant but has a human face. It jumps when it sees a person.

[Elephant snake bird (shaped like a red pheasant, and the five colors are written)] "Shan Hai Jing · Bei Shan Jing"

Yangshan has many jades on it, and gold and copper below it.There is Niaoyan, whose shape is like a red pheasant, and the five colors are written in writing, which are male and female, and the name is like a snake, and its name is Zixuan.

Translation: Yangshan, the mountain is rich in jade, and the bottom of the mountain is rich in gold and copper.There is also a bird in the mountains, shaped like a female pheasant, with colorful patterns on its feathers. This bird has both male and female organs. Its name is Elephant Snake, and the sound it makes is the pronunciation of its name. .

【Shan Hai Jing·Dong Shan Jing”

The mountain at the heel of the feet has a water bank, which is full of water for four miles. Its name is Fukasawa, and there are many turtles in it.There is Yuyan, which looks like a carp.And the six-legged bird tail is called the fish of 鮯鮯, and its name is Zizi.

Translation: Heel Mountain, there is a pool here, with a radius of forty miles, there are springs gushing out. The name is Fukasawa, and there are many loggerhead turtles in the water.There is also a kind of fish growing in the water, its shape is like a common carp, but it has six legs and a bird-like tail.

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