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Aoyin

The Aoyin (傲因) is a legendary animal from Chinese mythology. It is one of the mythical beasts featured in the Chinese classic text Classic of Mountains and Seas (山海经).

Description[]

The Aoyin resembled an ox with four horns and a white body. Its hair was like straw and draped over its body. It was known to eat people. It lived on the Mountain of Three Daggers.

Explanation[]

It could have ben a mutated ox, suffering from genetic imperfections which caused it to grow additional horns and unnatural hair formations.

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