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Xiangshe
- #3617
East Asian (culture)
Mountain Dweller (attribute)
Sorcery and Medicinal (attribute)
Flying (attribute)
Neutral (behaviour)
A bird from the accounts of ancient Chinese bestiaries. Its body had five colours with red markings on top. It had the genitals of both genders and lived on Bright Mountain. It was believed that eating this bird would cure barnacle’s disease.
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