Transcendent Pig
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The Transcendent Pig, a.k.a "Chao." Artwork copyright Ursula Vernon, 2005. Click the image for a larger version
This most unusual creature -- if he is a creature -- is, in both nature and provenance, one of the most enigmatic in the entire field of errantry.
The first references to him on Earth occur in a rare few Chinese documents of the early X dynasty, where he is referred to as 卓越的豬 (the word "transcendent" can also be rendered as "remarkable").