Kuafu 夸父

Shanhaijing BeingsMyth

Protagonist of the legend of Kuafu chasing the sun.

In myth — Investiture of the Gods · Classic of Mountains and Seas

His shape is like that of a yu (a kind of monkey) with patterned arms, leopard-like and tiger-like, and skilled at throwing. He raced with the sun and died of thirst on the way, his discarded staff transformed into Deng Forest. He was killed by Yinglong.

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