ANCIENT ORIGINS
The Three-Legged Crow and the Ten Suns: Traces of a Sky Fleet
The Huainanzi says that the ten sons of Xihe took turns crossing the sky from the Fusang tree. One day all ten appeared together, the ground grew hot, and Houyi brought down nine with his bow.
Read in Vietnamese →The Huainanzi says that the ten sons of Xihe took turns crossing the sky from the Fusang tree. One day all ten appeared together. The ground grew hot, trees died, and people could not survive. Houyi raised his bow, brought down nine, and left one. This is a myth. Yet it gives very specific details: a number, a staging place, a flight schedule, a disaster, and an interception.
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