Mountain & Sea Deities / 078
Yú Qiáng
禺强
Background
Yú Qiáng is a northern sea deity with a human face and bird body, wearing and standing upon snakes.
An editorial reading of the card’s subject. Legendary properties belong to the story.
Classical text
Mountains & Seas · Northern Great Wilderness
Read the full source paragraph
There is a country of Dān Ěr [儋耳]. Its people bear the surname Rén [任], are descendants of Yúhào [禺號], and eat grain. Among the islets of the northern sea is a deity with a human face and a bird's body. He wears two blue-green Shé through his ears and treads upon two red Shé. His name is Yú Qiáng [禺彊].From the English edition of Mountains & Seas. Open the reader for the Chinese editions and translator’s notes. Linked names follow the card catalogue; hover to see the original wording.
Passage printed on the card
北海之渚中，有神，人面鸟身，珥两青蛇，践两赤蛇，名曰禺强。Game card text
Cunning, Flight
Counts as a Bird and a Human.
Has +2/+3 when encountering a Yīn Character.
Your Floods and Storms cost -1⬤ to play.
The game’s adaptation, transcribed from the supplied card file. The image preserves coloured symbols and the printed layout.