Transformation by eating apricot.
Magic. · Transformation. · Means of transformation. · Transformation by eating or drinking. · view the constellation · filed as D551.1.2
“Lei Chên-tzu, one of Wu Wang's marshals, then struck the animal with his staff, and severed it in twain. Wên Chung escaped in the direction of the mountains of Chüeh-lung Ling, where another marshal, Yün Chung-tzu, barred his way. Yün's hands had the power of producing lightning, and eight columns of mysterious fire suddenly came out of the earth, completely enveloping Wên Chung. They were thirty feet high and ten feet in circumference.”
— Myths & Legends of China, Chapter VI · served from our shelf
- ChineseMyths & Legends of China, Chapter VIThompson cites: Werner 203.