MaFu/马腹

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There is a beast called the "马腹(Mafu, literally means"horse belly")". It has the head of a human and the body of a tiger. Its cry sounds like a baby's. It eats people.

There is a beast called the “马腹(Mafu, literally means”horse belly”)”. It has the head of a human and the body of a tiger. Its cry sounds like a baby’s. It eats people.

《山海經 中次二經》

「又西二百裏，曰蔓渠之山，其上多金玉,其下多竹箭。伊水出焉，而東流註於洛。有獸焉，其名曰馬腹，其狀如人面虎身，其音如嬰兒，是食人。​」

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