Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-165.234.190.83-20141115065420

This theory assumes that Yang is related to, if not the daughter of, Raven Branwen and that Raven is a Bird Faunus.

Essentially, this theory poses that yang is inspired in part by the Phoenix, but more specifically the Chinese variation. The Fenghuang.

For those unaware, the FengHuang is a bird known to symbolize peace and happiness. It is an immortal bird of the sun and known as the lord/emperor of birds. Originally it was two birds, the Feng anf the Huang which each represented Yin and Yang, though now the creature represents both aspects. Its plummage was stated to carry the five natural colors: Red, White, Black, Blue and Yellow. Though most depictions tend to display the Bird with feathers of yellow and red. Unlike the Phoenix of Greek Mythos, the Feng Huang is truly undying. It does not repeatedly reincarnate. Though their connections with Fire and golden/red visage has made it common for the two to be interlinked if not treated as the same animal.

Now I'm certain one can see various points that could suggest partial inspiration for Yang's character, but going even further than that is FengHuang's connections. The Fenghuang is deeply connected to the Chinese Dragon which is a beast with greater inclination towards water and storms than fire, rather starrk contrast to Yang's power.

It is however also connected to another beast. A bird known as the Sanzuwu, or three legged crow/raven. This beast is far more popular in fiction depictions, but to let one know. The Sanzuwu is a Bird (Formerly 10) with deep ties to the Sun. The Sanzuwu were tasked with guding the sun's path and were almost responsible for burning the world to ash. Depiction wise it was a Raven with three legs and predominantly Red feathers in contrast with a regular raven/crow's full black. Commonly it was said to be perched upon the Fusang, an anciet tree of life and mythological land unreachable by most.

The theory assumes that Raven is in part based off of the Sunzawa. Red being her predominant color, though accentuated by black, a mask that invokes the sense of a nevermore (A grimm designed around the shape of a raven), Her clothing depicts a mulberry tree beyond many inconspicuous mountains and she herself travels between portals, potentially to a difficult to access realm. Her sword and sheath are massive, invoking a sense of three legs.

With the assumption that she is Yang's mother. Yang would be tied closely to the dragon and the Crow much in the same way that the Fenghuang was. Similarly it would explain her being a fusion of both Yin and Yang and connections with fire and the Sun. 