What is the origin of the mount "Golden Beast" of The Journey to the West Zhongniu?

Niu Wangmo's mount, Golden Beast, is one of the fierce beasts in ancient times and one of the sons of Nian Beast.

Friends who like reading The Journey to the West must be familiar with Niu Wangmo. Among them, his mount is called the Beast of golden eye. Although the golden eye beast only appeared once in the original, it earned enough attention. Why is this? Because in The Journey to the West's book, ordinary monsters don't have mounts, so why did Niu Wangmo have mounts? What is the origin of this golden-eyed beast?

In fact, strictly speaking, the cow is not a demon, but a fairy, which has just been removed from heaven. There are many stories about the origin of cattle, among which the more reliable one is the story of the ghost emperor in the East and another ghost emperor. Shentu and Lei Yu were the door gods of ancient folk beliefs, and they became Wei Chijingde and Qin Baoshu in Sui and Tang Dynasties after The Journey to the West's propaganda. Anyway, this golden-eyed beast has a brother named green-eyed beaver. These two animals have different personalities and looks.

According to relevant historical records, golden-eyed animals that avoid water include lion head, leopard body and phoenix tail. It is about six feet long, which is about the height of two adults. There are two horns on the head, and the spots on the body are similar to those on the leopard. Spots are more oval like golden eyes, hence the name. This beast is more afraid of fire. Besides, its brother, the green-eyed raccoon, is very small, with spots all over his body, and the spots have an oval shape similar to blue eyes, hence the name. The appearance is a tiger head, a dog body and a wolf tail, which looks disgusting.

People who see here may understand that they are two fierce beasts, and there is also a Zheng named Qian and Ugly Skin, who is said to be the two sons of Nian beast. How did the golden-eyed beast become the mount of Niu Wangmo? Niu Wangmo is a peach tree in Shen Tu, and Shen Tu and Lei Yu are responsible for protecting Du Taoshan. Because Du Taoshan belongs to the underworld, only the dead and the dead beasts will come, which means that the two fierce beasts met Niu He only after they died. I won't introduce the cause of death of the murder weapon in detail. Interested friends can consult the information themselves.

Later, he came to the underworld. He heard that eating peaches in Du Tao can turn him into a fairy, so he came to steal peaches. Unfortunately, it was surrendered by Niu He, so the golden-eyed beast became a new mount, and the green-eyed raccoon became a new mount.

To sum up, the mount of cattle, that is, the golden beast, is the right of the two fierce beasts in ancient times. He stole peaches in Du Taoshan, and was subdued by the cow and became the mount of the cow.