Qilin

The Qilin (麒麟) is an ancient divine beast and Chinese mythological creature with dragon and chimera features. Their body is shaped like an ox, deer, or horse. They are scaled and have a head like a dragon. Whereas dragons are usually depicted as golden, qilin may be various other colors, even rainbow, associated with the stars, the metals, the wuxing (五行).Fire (火; huǒ), Water (水; shuǐ), Wood (木; mù), Metal or Gold (金; jīn), and Earth or Soil (土; tǔ)
They are sometimes called Kirin and have sometimes been associated with giraffes,refer to Zheng He's voyage to Africa unicorns, whales, etc. Some linguists have pointed out an etymological connection between qilin/kirin and similar sounding words in other language groups such as Mongolic, Tungusic, and other North Asian languages. For example, in Mongolian, it is similar to the word kiris referring to rhinocerous.
== In NSHBA ==
*Qilin Fruit, Qilin Fruit Tree
*Nine Wing Qilin Eagle
*Jiao Qi
*Qilin Sect
==References==
Category:Beast
Category:Divine beast
Category:Qilin