A bird that cries its own name over and over. In the original, the name is Jingwei, and she was a girl before she was a bird. She was the Flame Emperor's youngest daughter, drowned in the Eastern Sea, and now she carries twigs and stones across the mountains to fill it. That is the whole passage: 有鸟焉，其状如乌，文首、白喙、赤足，名曰精卫，其鸣自詨。是炎帝之少女，名曰女娃，女娃游于东海，溺而不返，故为精卫，常衔西山之木石，以堙于东海。 Link in bio. #ShanHaiJing #mythology #chinesemyth #story #folklore - @31278179617