TianMa/天馬: Named Sky Horse But In Fact a Dog

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TianMa/SkyHorse天馬 - Chinese Mythology Beast: In Fact a Dog

天馬(Tianma/Sky Horse) is a beast there whose shape is like a white dog with a black head. When it sees a person, it flies away.

又東北二百裏，曰馬成之山，其上多文石，其陰多金玉，有獸焉，其狀如白犬而黑頭，見人則飛，其名曰天馬

《山海經·北山經》

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