Hou Yi
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Hou Yi is a mythological Chinese archer. He was also known as Shen Yi and simply as Yi. He is also typically given the title of "Lord Archer". He is sometimes portrayed as a god of archery or a xian d
Houyi takes aim at the Suns (right upper corner), rubbing from the Wu Liang Shrines reliefs
Three-legged crow
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The three-legged crow is a mythological creature in various mythologies and arts of East Asia. It is believed to inhabit and represent the Sun.
Hou Yi
…bow to intimidate them. When the suns again refused to heed Hou Yi's warnings, he began to shoot at them one by one. As each one fell, they turned into three-legged crows. Finally, only one sun was left. King Yao and the sun's mother Xihe asked for him to be spared for the prosperity of man. In other variants, Hou Yi's…
Mural from the Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE) found in Henan province depicting a three-legged crow
The Queen Mother of the West sits upon a throne, flanked by Tiger (west, autumn, yin) and Dragon (east, spring, yang). She is surrounded by a nine-tailed fox, two seated women, a leaping frog, a male attendant, and a three-legged crow, Eastern Han dynasty, 25 – 220 CE.
Yatagarasu guides legendary Emperor Jimmu towards the plain of Yamato.
Three-legged crow flanked by dragon and phoenix. Mural from the Korean Goguryeo period, Ohoe Tomb nº 4, 6th – 7th century, Ji'an, China.