火ひ鼠ねずみ

noun

fire rat; huoshu

A mythical creature from Chinese legend, said to live in fire and whose fur could be woven into fire-resistant cloth. The term appears in classical and fantasy contexts.

• 火ひ鼠ねずみの皮かわ衣ぎぬは、竹たけ取とり物もの語がたりに登とう場じょうする宝ほう物もつの一ひとつだ。

  The robe made from fire-rat fur is one of the treasures that appear in The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.

• 中ちゅう国ごくの伝でん説せつでは、火ひ鼠ねずみは火ひの中なかに住すむとされている。

  In Chinese legend, the fire rat is said to live inside fire.