Beast Lore

Cat Lore

Translations from premodern Chinese texts about cats.

• The Cat Physiognomy Guide
• Lion Cats
• The Jianzhou Four Ear Cat
• and more!

Myths of the Moon

Think you know the stories of Chang E and Moon Rabbit? Not many people know the unromanticized ancient versions of the myths, warts and all. 😉

• Myth of the Moon Toad
• Just who exactly is Moon Hare / Jade Rabbit anyway?

Btw Jade Rabbit can’t be a rabbit because rabbits are not indigenous to China. Hare or rabbit, this lagomorph appears in more than one queer tale:

• Gay lovers move a god to intervene in a pestilence
• How gender-fluid Moon Hare saved Beijing from pestilence