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a painting of a black bird with its wings spread out in front of the moon

Sanzuwu (Chinese)/Yatagarasu (Japanese)/Samjok (Korean)- Asian myth: a three legged raven or crow. It always did something different in each myth. In china it controlled the sun. In Japan it was the royal guide. In Korea it was a symbol of power greater to that of the dragon

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a black bird flying through the air with it's wings spread out and its tail extended

The three legged crow called the 삼족오 (samjoko). It was revered as a spirit that was even more powerful (and ‘regal’, seeing as it had ties to the kings) than dragons 용 and phoenixes 봉황. It was thought to live on the sun, so it has solar associations and is connected to the God of the Sun, Haenim 해님.

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a black and white drawing of a bird with wings spread

BY ERIC CHAN Artwork credits: Larry Vienneau (internet source) The mythology of the three-legged crow can be found in various cultures in the Asia Minor, Asia, and North Africa regions. One of its possible origins comes from early Neolithic pottery art dating back to the Han Dynasty in China (202BC-220AD). The three-legged crow in Chinese culture was called “Sanzuwu”. It was told in legends that this mythological bird was responsible for the Sun's passage through the sky each and everyday…

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