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Yaksha夜叉

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About ten feet tall, wearing leopard-skin trousers, with saw-like teeth and disheveled hair, it joined three ghosts in devouring the corpse of Pei Liuniang, and was driven off by Geshu Han.

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Yaksha, and the people around them.

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CONFLICT

Conflict

Battles, captures and defeat

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THE UNSEEN

Mythic acts

Transformation, aid and divine punishment

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Relationship network

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YakshaYakshaZhang ShengZhang ShengHong FangHong Fang
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Sources: Extensive Records of the Taiping Era, 夜叉一; Extensive Records of the Taiping Era, 夜叉二; Extensive Records of the Taiping Era, 妖怪八; Extensive Records of the Taiping Era, 异僧九; Extensive Records of the Taiping Era, 蛮夷四

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