Scorpion Demoness (Chinese: 蝎子精, pinyin: xiē zǐ jīng) is a demon from the Chinese novel Journey to the West. Her true form is a scorpion with the size of a pipa.[1] When Tang Sanzang and his disciples are about to leave the Women's Kingdom, scorpion demoness suddenly appears and abducts Sanzang to her cave. She tries to seduce and persuade Sanzang to marry her, but fails and is killed by the Sun Deity of Mao (昴日星官) in the end.
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