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Three Green Birds三青鸟

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Divine birds that fetch food for the Queen Mother of the West, dwelling on Mount Sanwei.

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Three Green Birds, and the people around them.

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In fiction · Classic of Mountains and Seas

The Three Green Birds are divine birds in mythology, dwelling on Mount Sanwei, tasked with fetching food for the Queen Mother of the West.

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Sources: Classic of Mountains and Seas, 海內西經; Classic of Mountains and Seas, 西山經

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