Ranyi Fish

Six-Footed Serpent-Head Fish

Strange fish with six feet and a serpent head; eating it kept nightmares away.

The Ranyi fish of Wo River has a fish body, a serpent head and six feet, with eyes like a horse’s ears. Eating it was said to prevent nightmares and ward off danger — an eerie guardian of sleep that swims with six limbs through the text’s catalogue.