Editing Three-legged crow (section)

===Other tripedal creatures in Chinese mythology===
In [[Chinese mythology]], there are other three-legged creatures besides the crow, for instance, the ''[[Wangliang#Lunheng|yu]]'' {{linktext|lang=zh|魊}} "a three-legged tortoise that causes malaria".<ref>[[Wolfram Eberhard]] (1968), ''The Local Cultures of South and East China'', E.J. Brill, 193-195.</ref>

The three-legged crow symbolizing the sun has a [[yin yang]] counterpart in the ''chánchú'' {{lang|zh|蟾蜍}} "[[Jin Chan|three-legged toad]]" symbolizing the moon (along with the [[moon rabbit]]). According to an ancient tradition, this toad is the transformed [[Chang'e]] [[lunar deity]] who stole the [[elixir of life]] from her husband [[Hou Yi|Houyi]] the archer, and fled to the moon where she was turned into a toad.<ref>Wolfram Eberhard (1986), ''A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought'', Routledge, 292.</ref>

The ''[[Fènghuáng]]'' is commonly depicted as being two-legged but there are some instances in art in which it has a three-legged appearance.<ref>[http://www.avians.net/paragon/fenghuang.htm Feng Huang, Emperor of Birds]</ref><ref>[http://www.ancientspiral.com/phoenix.htm Ancient Spiral: The Phoenix] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517083532/http://ancientspiral.com/phoenix.htm |date=2008-05-17 }}</ref>

[[Xi Wangmu]] (Queen Mother of the West) is also said to have three '''[[qingniao|green birds]]''' ({{zh|labels=no|c=青鳥|p=qīngniǎo}}) that gathered food for her and in Han-period religious art they were depicted as having three legs.<ref name="Beastiary">{{cite book|title=A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways Through Mountains and Seas |author=Richard E. Strassberg |publisher=University of California Press|year=2002|isbn= 978-0-520-21844-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e-NEfzqA4pUC&q=A+Chinese+bestiary&pg=PA196|page=195}}</ref><ref>[http://www.bookrags.com/Xi_Wangmu Xi Wangmu Summary<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In the Yongtai Tomb dating to the [[Tang dynasty]] Era, when the Cult of Xi Wangmu flourished, the birds are also shown as being three-legged.<ref>[http://www.eskimo.com/~webguy/china99/721tang.htm China 1999 – Tang Dynasty Day<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

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