The Nondescript: Hybridization in the Animated Feature Film The Legend of Deification (2020)
By Cui Zhou “The immortal’s saddle beast had the head of a unicorn, the tail of a wolf, and the body of a dragon.”[1] This passage describes a heavenly creature in ancient China—the nondescript “Four-Unalike” (sibuxiang), recorded in the canonized gods and demons fiction Creation of the Gods (Fengshen yanyi). In this novel, the nondescript … Continue reading The Nondescript: Hybridization in the Animated Feature Film The Legend of Deification (2020)