Yu/顒

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In the mountains, there is a bird that looks like an owl. It has a human face, four eyes, and ears. Its name is 顒(Yu). The sound it makes is like it is calling its own name. Whenever it appears, there will be a drought in the world.

In the mountains, there is a bird that looks like an owl. It has a human face, four eyes, and ears. Its name is 顒(Yu). The sound it makes is like it is calling its own name. Whenever it appears, there will be a drought in the world.

又東四百裏，曰令丘之山，無草木，多火。其南有谷焉，曰中谷，條風自是出。有鳥焉，其狀如梟，人面四目而有耳，其名曰顒，其鳴自號也，見則天下大旱。​

《山海經 南次三經》

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