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Myths featuring The Ten Sun-Crows (Jinwu)

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The Divine Bird Sun-Crow Carrying the Golden Sun Across the Sky Each Day

🐉 Chinese MythologyEast China Sea, ChinaXihe • Dijun • Hou Yi

In ancient Chinese cosmology, the sun is personified as a divine three-legged crow known as the Jinwu or Yangwu. These celestial birds reside in the mythical Fusang tree in the East Sea, from which they take turns flying across the firmament to provide light and warmth to the world. This cycle represents the eternal balance of the cosmos, though it is most famous for the legend where ten...