One of these entities led an old woman out of a doomed city after a child mischievously rubbed red dye into the eye of a tortoise.
One of these entities led an old woman out of a doomed city after a child mischievously rubbed red dye into the eye of a tortoise. Another of these beings killed both the inventor of weapons and a river-drinking foe; that one is responsible for chasing the sun, is propitiated in times of drought, and has a name meaning Responder. The so-called Nine Offspring of these carry out functions like carrying heavy objects, crying, and litigating; consequently, structures serving those purposes were decorated with them. Nuwa met a black one on his quest after he chopped off a tortoise's but before he collected ash reeds. A group of them live in underwater crystal palaces and represent the North, East, South, and West Seas; those are the four "kings" of these creatures. For 10 points, name these usually benevolent creatures from Chinese mythology where they representing the only mythic member of the zodiac.
One of these entities led an old woman out of a doomed city after a child mischievously rubbed red dye into the eye of a tortoise.
Chinese dragons [or long]