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Yayu
- #3641
East Asian (culture)
Mountain Dweller (attribute)
Deadly (behaviour)
A dangerous mythical mammal from the ancient Chinese bestiaries. The Yayu was a predacious red ox that had the face of a human with the hooves of a horse. Its flesh was poisonous. The Yayu was known to hunt humans.
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