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Gender of mythological animals

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Gender of mythological animals

Postby KPR » Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:08 pm

Joly wrote in his book "Legends in Japanese Art" about the KILIN (= KIRIN):
The mythological Chinese monster K´LIN, combining the male animal...login to view the rest of this post
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