Tiangou

Zhang Xian张 仙 shoots a sky dog ( tiangou )

The sky dog ( Chinese  天狗 , Pinyin tiāngoǔ ) is a Chinese mythical creature. Solar and lunar eclipses were attributed to him in ancient China because he would have eaten them. The tiangou marks the dragon point , the dragon is the analogous concept of early Arab-European astronomy.

See also

• Tengu - in Japan there is a mythical creature written with the same characters
• Skalli , Hati and Managarm - similar figures in Norse mythology