Mini/Mo Dao Zu Shi

Minis from Mo Dao Zu Shi/The Untamed appear as mini-Xuanwu. They appear as black tortoises with long snake-like necks.

In Canon
The Xuanwu of Slaughter (屠戮玄武, also called the Tortoise of Slaughter) is the name of a monster killed by Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji when they were undergoing indoctrination in Qishan. It looks like a cross between a snake and a tortoise, with golden eyes and slit pupils. It is also big enough that its shell could be mistaken for an islet. It appeared hundreds of years prior to the events of the novel, and was hibernating in its cave until a group of young cultivators led by Wen Chao stumbled across said cave.

The Xuanwu was roused by these young cultivators. Wen Chao and his lackeys fled, leaving most of the non-Wen cultivators to their fate. Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji helped in the evacuation of most of those cultivators, but ultimately were trapped in the cave together. After three days of rest to recover from the injuries they'd sustained, the two of them worked together to defeat the Xuanwu.

Mythological Origins
The Xuanwu of Slaughter is inspired by the mythological Xuanwu, or Black Tortoise. It represents the North and Winter. In Journey to the West, the god Xuanwu is accompanied by a snake and a tortoise wound together. The Black Tortoise also represents seven different positions of the moon in Chinese astrology.

The Xuanwu of Slaughter in MDZS is not considered a true Xuanwu, because it devours people.

Creation Rules
Because Chinese hanzi give you completely different words if you misspell the pinyin, mini-Xuanwu can only be created through transcriptions and romanisations of Chinese names.

Due to the variations in romanisation systems, what looks like a misspelling could simply be a different romanisation method.


 * Wei Wu-Hsien, for example, is a rendering of Wei Wuxian in Wade-Giles. It will not create a mini-Xuanwu, though the possibility of someone writing a fic in Wade-Giles is pretty low.

Capitalisation differences usually do not create mini-Xuanwu, as long as they do not cut in between the sounds.


 * For example, Wei WuXian and Wei Wuxian are both acceptable spellings.
 * Wei WuxIan, on the other hand, will create a mini-Xuanwu.

Spacing differences sometimes create mini-Xuanwu, and sometimes they don't.


 * Wei Wu Xian might create a mini-Xuanwu, because it is difficult to see that it is a name when rendered that way.
 * Yunmeng Jiang and YunmengJiang, on the other hand, are both acceptable spacings.

Please double-check a name before declaring it a mini.

Minis

 * QuingheNie
 * Luanzng hill