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Monday, June 30, 2014

Nian Mythical Beast of China

Nian Mythical Beast of China-

The Nian Mythical Beast of China

In Chinese mythology, a Nian is a beast that lives under the sea or in the mountains. I thought a
Mythology Creature of China would be fun to do.. As my quest to try to find many different Magical &
Mythical Creatures all over the world for you! It seems that the Nian is a Mythical Beast of China
who from legend was from many many centuries ago. The legendary monster as they call him the NIAN.
Is said to always destroy the hard grown crops and fields that the villages worked all year to grow for
their families and for the village to eat so know one would go hungry, but it seems that this monster the
Nian would destroy all their hard work and their food for the year.. It was said that the
villages would try everything to get rid of the monster so their crops wouldn't be destroyed
every year.. They had tried everything to scare the Nian monster, but nothing seem to work. Finally,
the people of the villagers found a weakness of the Nian. After many years of searching and many lost crops
the villagers found the secret to keeping the Nian monster away for good. The monster was scared of the
colour RED! So indeed the colour red had worked. According to the Chinese legend and the folklore of the

Nian Beast stomping thru the crops & valleys
of the people of china, then heading to their homes

Nian Mythical Beast its origins come from the Chinese New Year with the fight against the Nian many
centuries ago in China and the Chinese inserted an extra month once every few years [seven years out of a
19-yearcycle] in order to reconnect with the solar calendar, which is very similar to the concept of a leap year. It seems that the Nian would come on the first day of every New Years Day to eat the villages livestock, crops and even the villagers themselves, especially the children. So what they did to
protect themselves, the people of the small villages would put food in front of their doors at the beinginning of
evry new year in hopes it would not eat anything else. Long ago it was said the Nian was scared away
by a child that was wearing a red dress which lead the villagers to understand the beast weakness, the
colour Red. So the next day the whole village began to to first paint their entree village bright red doors, walls, ceils, etc. Then they hang red lanters and red spring scrolls in their door and windows. It is said that

Nian Mythical Beast

Red in chinese means the emblem of joy, virtue, truth and sincertiy. The people of the villiage would also use
Firecracker to frighten away the Nian which seem to work with all the Red colour in the town too.
This did work for many years until the Nian was eventually captured by the Hongjun Laozu, an ancient
Taoist Monk and it became locked inside the Hongjun Laozu's mountains. But the story doesnt end just
yet...After Nian was captured, everyone had a big celebration and the ritual involved in banishing him was repeated the following year, and so the ritual was passed down from generation to generation and the custom of celebrating New Year with firecrackers, noise, and the colour red has persisted to this day. Its seems that the tale originated in the and it lays claims to a legacy as
being one to the greatest of china's Monstrous beasts and behemoths of their mythology even to modern
times.. But these dreadful brutes themselves lived in terror of a creature infinitely more awful and malevolent than all the rest of them combined. An immensely large beast reputedly endowed with a jaw vast enough to seize and devour a multitude of people in a single swallow,the Nian was a terror to behold indeed, with its massive horns, enormous tail, and an unnatural appearance that combined the powerful frame of a bull with the snarling head of a lion.

Nian Mythical Beast of China

The potential of this abomination to devastate humanity was not lost on the luminaries of Heaven, and so the Jade Emperor in his great wisdom, compelled the Nian to confine itself to its dreary mountain home most of the time. But a loophole did exist in this otherwise inspired decree, one that the Nian exploited with terrible consequences for mortal kind. On the first and fifteenth day of every year, as winter begun to recede to make way for the first signs of the new spring, the Nian was permitted to roam as it pleased, blighting every living thing that had the misfortune to stray into its destructive path.

Falling with great gusto upon the wretched villages, he would depopulate them in their entirety, leaving behind terrible lessons for other villages foolish enough to doubt the sagacity of fleeing before the Nian's onset the moment its movements were known.

But the gods were not unkind and it so happened that one of them felt motivated to check the menace of the Nian for once and all.. What I did find that there were many other versions to the ending to the folktale

and how they rid the Nian beast from the small villiage province of Shanghai. It seemed that there was

an Old mendicant that was part of the tale in trying to stop the beast and a few others too.

In todays modern China the celebration of every coming spring by setting off fire-crackers is still very much

alive in their culture today. This could be by playing loud instruments and adorning the lanterns outside their

homes with strips of Red! confident that the Nian will be cowed by their show of force and so leave them

untroubled for yet another year. Once the night is over, the people of China would then all come out to

congregate together with their relations and relatives to congratulate one another on surviving the Nian.

Well I hope that you all Enjoyed my new post on the Nian Beast of China

I will be tring to find more interesting stories for all

I love you all very much

WENDY

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Saturday, June 28, 2014

BABA YAGA-

Classic Baba Yaga

BABA YAGA-
Baba Yaga: (Grandmother Bony Shanks) This Russian hag faery is said to be a wild

woman of dark magic and was said to live in a magical home which would move from place to place. In these stories of the Slavic folklore and myth they were said to come from the people who lived in the forests of northern Russian and Finland many many years ago. Yet in many way the people of today still believe of

the Baba Yaga even today. They had said to have stone statues named Yaga. And the Russian

soldiers who came to the area called the Golden Babas. It was said that these statues had

their own little huts, built on tree stumps, full of gifts. These statues were of a local goddess that the

people would ask for advice in the old days of Russia. It seems that she also had the power to decide

what would happen to the people too. a bit like Baba-Yaga. The word Baba means a woman old

enough to marry . However in the Russian folklore of the Baba-Yaga it is often described as a frightening

wild, old witch with a terrible appetite for eating mostly children. It is said the story of the Baba Yaga

and the Vasilisa the Fair is one of the well-known tales and has things very in common with other folk tales

like that of Cinderella of the U.S folktale.

I found the Baba Yaga very interesting as for her origins. It is said in some of the folklore tales that

she stands for a person's fate. When ever someone enters her hut , they live or die depending on what

they say or do. Some also say that the Baba Yaga stand for an more darker side of wisdom and others the

lighter side. From what I can see from the tale of the Baba Yaga she is really much more that just a evil witch with chicken feet that has an appetite for children... And I have seen many lighter side stories and children stories made hear in the U.S that my son loved as a young boy too..

In many ancient societies , the older women were seen as the keepers of wisdom and traditions for

the family or tribe. No longer able to have or care for children they became the mother to the rest of the

community. It was believed that these wise women understood the mysteries of birth and death. They were

the healers and looked after the dying. Sometimes they were even thought to have the power of life and death itself. The word witch once meant wise ... Well In my opinion it still does... as in the old days of the

witch hunts I think it was the 11th & 12th centuries those young and older women were wise beyond any ones years on the herbs of healing and are to his day...

It was the 12thcentury I believe that started the whole nasty thing of the bad witch with the magic power of which was thought be be used for only evil by small minded & closed minded people in those times which cause the fear and hate towards these wise women with their potions and wonderful advice.. As you know

the history hundreds if not thousands of women were put to death by fire just because of the picture of

the wise women became changed to the witch quote became the frighting evil casting wicked spells witch..

of course all of the women in the 11th and 12th century were beautiful women but were all depicted as the the frightening ugly old hag of the stories today ....

Now Baba Yaga is interesting to me because although she is described as a terrifying old witch, she is

still described as wise and very powerful in the tales and folklore of Russia and Finland ... and sometimes a

bit wild, cruel but sometimes kind.. Baba Yaga makes a link between the wise women of early myths and

the witch's of the folklore of sorts...

The Baba Yaga like most witches can fly but doesn't use a broomstick. She uses a giant mortar with her

knees almost touching her chin. She drives very fast over the forest and uses the pestle as a rudder held in

her right hand. Baba Yaga sweeps away her tacks with broom made out of silver Birch held in her left

hand. Whenever she appears, there is always a wild wind that begins to blow and the trees will groan as the

leave whirl through the air. You know that the Baba Yaga in in the forest.. Her home is a hut deep in the

birch forest, in a place that is very difficult to find, unless a magic thread or feather shows the way. The hut has a life of its own. It stands on large chicken legs and can move about. Its windows act as eyes and the lock is a full set of teeth. A post fence surround the hut. The posts are made of human bones and the topped

with skull whose blazing eyes sockets light up the forest. Very often the hut is guarded by hungry dogs...

The hut can spin around and moves through the forest. It can also make blood-curdling screeches.

Those who do find the Baba Yaga hut and find their why in, never leave as she washes them, feeds them

and sits them on a giant spatula before putting them in her oven....

Well I decided to do the post today I am on a roll you could say:o)

I also decided to put my post of the Baba Yaga on here too

Art from Finland

for you all to have some good reading too.. Enjoy!

As I said I would do another post on the

Baba Yaga hag faery which will included images that will be

mostly from Russia being that, that's where

the Baba Yaga had origins is from..

Although I know there are parts of Finland too found (2 images)

All the rest are I believe russia ...

I have always had a special place for the Baba Yaga

Probably as I had said earlier in the post, having fond memories

with my son favorite animated movie of Bartok the Magnificent

where a funny tiny bat Bartok has to get the kidnapped child prince -

even if it means confronting the Evil Witch Baba Yaga!

Yes I found the movie! It was mostly all about this funny little bat facing his

fears dealing with the 'Witch Baba Yaga'

depicted on 20th Century Fox home Entertaintment movie 1999

the memories are still fresh as the day when Kai was only

between 5 to 7 years old

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Kirin - Japanese Unicorn

The Kirin
Japanese Unicorn

When I found the Kirin I was quite surprised on how much it is compared to our mythical Unicorn that I just covered a couple of days ago... It seems that contrary to the either soft white, deep black
and sometimes in the myth of the unicorn Red too as most people will recognize in the western
Mythology or legends, the Asian countries have their own form of unicorn of sorts you could say. These
Creatures have many different names in the Asian culture: [Ch'i Lin, Qilin, Quilin, & K'i Lin and there are
many other spelling and variations due to continuous differing translation into the Latin-based languages.
Yet it seems that the Asian culture as come to one name that has simplified all the other translations and
had make it their own Asian Unicorn. They call it the Kirin, and focus on the Japanese interpretation of the
creature. The Kirin Unicorn has quite a number of descriptions because of its many list of names, even thought it is mostly called the Kirin Japanese Unicorn.. Some of these are: It seems that the
Kirin can be described has having a dragon's head that is attached to the body of a deer, which is covered in beautiful dragons scales, and a tail of an ox. And of course he has the famous large horn in the middle of it forehead... So to me the Kirin truly does sound like the Asian Unicorn... although in some ways I prefer this one more. Its probably because I love dragons and yu all
know that by just looking at my blog hhehhe... There are other variations that they speak of with the
Kirin Creature. These depictions are a bit more evil of sorts meaning that the Kirin is covered in fire that
can burn away evil people or even a chimera mixed with a fish's scales. The Kirin body is that of a Tiger with
horse's legs and has a dragon's head and neck. [Note it not so much that the Kirin may seem more evil looking, its what he does with is power against evil that is what is important].

Kirin as in the Japanese Emperors Kingdom

It seems too that with each new dynasty, Era or even country the Kirin will appear to be reborn to fit the
needs of the time that it is living in. Mostly frequently the Kirin was associated with the Japanese Emperors and the wise scholars of the times, so their depictions could alter in order to boast ferociousness or
otherworldly powers of those the Kirin would represent - like that of the Japanese Emperors...
The origins of the Kirins comes originally from China as many Japaneses things do.. where it was one of the
Four Divine Creatures that first arose into the world. Of the Four Divine Creatures the first arose into the
world they were the Kirin, Phoenix, Turtle and the Dragon.
Each of these Four divine creatures are associated with: a season - a element - a specific written character. In the myth, the Four Creatures Kirin, Phoenix, Turtle and the Dragon were created
by the first God before the world was made, and after the God had completed his task/ the Four
Magick creatures disappeared into the dark, mysterious places into the world that he he created.
The Dragon swam into the ocean depths, the Tortoise went to the marshy swamp land, the
Phoenix went into the sky and the Kirin disappeared into the depths of the forest...

Kirin Japanese Unicorn

After it was set upon the earth, the Kirin was said to have great magick powers that allowed him to
determine the purity of a person human. It was also known to be a peaceful creature that would bring
good luck and prosperity to those that ever would be so luck to encounter the rare creature.
Since it had this acute ability to determine if a human was wicked or had succumbed to vice, the pure and
kind hearted Kirin was seen as a symbol of justice that would punish those who strayed away from the path
of good and had strayed away to the path of evil you could say.. There are some myths that even speak of
a Kirins ability to breathe fire just like his divine brother the dragon. This fire breathing power that would only burn the evil people that it touched. It was also noted as being so peaceful and benevolent that it would
not even harm the blades of grass it stepped on, and so would walk silently over the valleys and fields of grass never even bending a single blade of grass.

Kirin Japanese Unicorn

These Divine Creatures were also very elusive creatures, that would only appear to people that would grow
to have amazing purpose and power. If an emperor were to see one, It would signify that he was ruling justly
and fairly. It was also said that the most righteous rulers would often see the Kirin grazing in their palace meadows. The Kirin did not just show itself to those of royalty it would also appeared on the day
Confucius was born and presented his parents with a message telling them their son would grow to be
a 'man of extraordinary good moral and talent.'
It is said that the earliest appearace of an Kirin was in the 5th century BC. Some have said it was even earlier as early as 122 BC. I have noticed that some have the horn and others don't it just depends.. The Kirin are also said to be a symbo of fertility and often will bring children to a family...
I found this Magick Creature to be quite wonderful and

I hope that they are still roaming happily on our Earth even today doing the good that they do.. Wonderful and amazing creature the Kirin.. I hope that you all Enjoyed the Kirin Japanese /China Creature as much as I did.. I hope to find more fun interesting magical creatures like that of the Kirin..