Xin

angelic Chinese single tradition · 1

The Xin are described as the good genii of China. In Robert W. Chambers' short story "The Maker of Moons", they are corrupted by Yue-Laou and transformed into a monstrous composite being. This monster is horrible, for it not only lives in its own body, but it has thousands of loathsome satellites—living creatures without mouths, blind, that move when the Xin moves, like a mandarin and his escort.

When

First attested
1896 CE
Attested period
1896 – 1896
Historical notes
Appears in Robert W. Chambers' short story "The Maker of Moons" in 1896.

Relationships

co occurs with
Yue Lao

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Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“He had corrupted "the Xin, the good genii of China" and transformed them into a monstrous composite being: "This monster is horrible, for it not only lives in its own body, but it has thousands of loathsome satellites—living creatures without mouths, blind, that move when the Xin moves, like a mandarin and his escort."”

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