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Dahu (other)
Dahu is a legendary creature in European popular culture. Dahu may also refer to: Places China *Dahu, Liuyang, a town in Liuyang, Hunan Iran *Dahu, Bushehr, a village in Bushehr Province *Dahu, Zarand, a village in Kerman Province Taiwan *Dahu, Miaoli, a township in southern Miaoli County *Dahu Park, a park and lake in Taipei Other uses *Dahu (instrument), a Chinese bowed string instrument *Dahu (clothing), a Han Chinese clothing which originated in the Ming dynasty. *Dahu, courtesy name of Sun Luban, Chinese princess of the Eastern Wu state in the Three Kingdoms period {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dahu
The dahu () is a legendary creature that resembles a mountain goat and is well known in France and francophone regions of Switzerland and Italy, including the Aosta Valley. The dahu, a Quadrupedalism, quadrupedal mammal, may have been inspired by the chamois, a small, horned goat-antelope once plentiful in European mountainous regions, and also resembles the ibex. Regional variations on its name include dahut or dairi in Jura (department), Jura, darou in Vosges, daru in Picardy, darhut in Burgundy (region), Burgundy, daù in Val Camonica; also called a tamarou in Aubrac and Aveyron, and tamarro in Catalonia and Andorra. The dahu cub is called a dahuot. Description The dahu's principal distinguishing characteristic is that the legs on one side of its body are shorter than the legs on the opposite side, to facilitate standing on and walking on steep mountain slopes. In practical terms, the dahu's asymmetrical limbs allow it to walk around the circumference of the mountain ''in on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
