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Lei Chen-Tzu / Lei Jen Zu
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Region: China
Time Period: Unknown
References in Literature: None
Sources: Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, pg 221, Circle of the Dragon

  • Dragon form of a supernatural hero
  • Said to have hatched with a thunderclap from Lei's Egg and was adopted by Wen Wang, the God of Literature.
  • Not born a dragon
  • Heros
One day Lei Chen-Tzu found out that Wen Wang had been taken prisoner. His father, the Thunder Dragon Lei, gave him 2 apricots that turned him into a huge, green dragon with wings, "boar's head and tusks, long pointed snout, and shining eyes" As thus, he rescued his adoptive father.

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