Mythology Research

Aug 01, 2026 lore

Walking the Southern Mountains of the Shan Hai Jing: Twenty-Two Creatures and...

The first book of the Shan Hai Jing is the Classic of the Southern Mountains, divided into three ranges. Its entries follow an almost invariant formula: appearance first, then the name, then the us...

Aug 01, 2026
Gods, Immortals, Yao, Jing, Guai, Mo and Gui: How Much of...

Anyone reading Journey to the West eventually runs into the question. Among the creatur...

Aug 01, 2026
Where the Shan Hai Jing Creatures Actually Come From — an...

Lists of creatures from the Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shan Hai Jing) circulate wid...