三足金乌

三足金烏
sānzújīnwū
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Meanings

  1. 1 three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (East Asian mythology)

Examples

Chuánshuō tàiyáng lǐ zhù zhe sānzújīnwū.
Legend has it that a three-legged Golden Crow lives inside the sun.
Hàndài huàxiàngshí shàng chángjiàn sānzújīnwū de xíngxiàng.
Images of the three-legged Golden Crow are common on Han dynasty pictorial stones.

Tips

culture
Counterpart to the moon's (jade rabbit). The Korean samjok-o on the Goguryeo tomb murals is the same creature. Linked to the Houyi-shoots-the-suns myth: the archer Houyi shot down nine of ten Golden Crows, leaving today's single sun.

In Pop Culture

后羿 Hòu Yì shè rì
Houyi Shoots the Suns
Classical myth where Houyi shoots down nine of ten 三足金乌, each carrying a sun across the sky.

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