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The Sun Birds Plummeting to Earth as Three-Legged Crows

🐉 Chinese MythologyKunlun Mountains, Xinjiang, ChinaHou Yi ‱ Xihe ‱ Di Jun

In ancient times, ten sun birds rose simultaneously, threatening to incinerate the Earth with their combined heat. The divine archer Hou Yi was dispatched to the heights of the Kunlun Mountains to save humanity, shooting down nine of the rogue suns. As each arrow struck its mark, the blazing suns transformed into three-legged golden crows and plummeted to the earth, leaving only one sun to...