Biography
Joanne is a writer, fiction editor, and proofreader passionate about language and culture, world mythology and folklore, and human-centred marketing. One of her favourite mythological creatures is the makara.
After graduating from the University of York with a BSc in Psychology, Joanne travelled through Europe and ended up teaching English in Sri Lanka for several years. She taught science in the UK for almost a decade, then returned to the tropics. She can now be found chasing her children around the Sri Lankan wilderness where she lives with her husband and too many animals.
Education
- BSc Psychology, University of York
- PGCE Science, University of Cumbria
Subscribe to this Author
Click the button below to receive email notifications when this author publishes new content:
Analytics
21,242 page views on this user's contributions
Contributions
Definition
Qilin (Chinese Unicorn)
The qilin (麒麟, or simply lin 麟) is a Chinese mythical creature, frequently translated as "Chinese unicorn." While this term...
Image
Rank Badge with Qilin (Late 17th Century)
Rank badge with qilin, silk and metallic thread embroidery on plain-weave silk patterned in gauze, by an unknown...
Image
Rank Badge with Qilin (16th–Early 17th Century)
Rank badge with qilin, silk embroidery on silk gauze, unknown artist, 16th to early 17th century. This...
Image
Giraffe with Two Keepers
Giraffe with Two Keepers, ink and colour painting on silk, by an unknown artist, from China, 17th century or later. This...
Image
Kirin (Qilin)
Kirin (Qilin), bronze statue at the Summer Palace in Beijing, China. Here, the qilin has a dragon-like head with two horns, cloven...
Image
Charger with Qilin
Charger with a qilin from China, c. 1350. This porcelain dish is painted with a cobalt glaze to depict a qilin, a mythical creature...
Translations
| English Original | Language | Translation | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qilin (Chinese Unicorn) | Portuguese | Qilin (Unicórnio Chinês) | Filipa Oliveira |
| Qilin (Chinese Unicorn) | Chinese | 麒麟(中国独角兽) | Wenjun Peng |
| Qilin (Chinese Unicorn) | Spanish | Qilin (unicornio chino) | Emiliano S. Grill |
| Qilin (Chinese Unicorn) | French | Qilin | Babeth Étiève-Cartwright |