Jade Rabbit
animal_ally sky Chinese single tradition · 2
The Jade Rabbit is the pet of the goddess Chang'e who resides on the Moon. Later in the Journey to the West story, the Jade Rabbit became an antagonist and had to be retrieved by Chang'e and Taiyin Xingjun before Sun Wukong could kill it.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 CE
- Attested period
- 1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in Wu Cheng'en's late 16th-century novel Journey to the West.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Jielin, Yuhua, Guanyin, Zhu Bajie, Heavenly Tumbleweed
- serves
- Taiyin Xingjun, Chang E
- enemy of
- Sun Wukong
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“the goddess Chang'e's pet, the Jade Rabbit, became an antagonist and had to be retrieved by Chang'e and Taiyin Xingjun before Sun Wukong killed the rabbit”
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“The demon you are facing is the Jade Rabbit, who guards the mystical frost elixir in my Guanghan Palace. She secretly unlocked the jade gate and escaped from the palace, and it has been a year since then. I foresee she is currently in grave danger, so I have come to save her.”
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