References to it can be found on clay tablets from the royal library of Nineveh and Babylon, dating from before the sixth century BC, as well as in a collection of Chinese legends ascribed to Lieh Tzu dating from the fifth century BC.
Elle est mentionnÃ©e sur les tablettes en argile de la bibliothÃ¨que royale de Nineveh et de Babylone, qui datent d'avant le sixiÃ¨me siÃ¨cle avant JC, ainsi dans un recueil de lÃ©gendes chinoises attribuÃ©es Ã Lieh Tzu datant du cinquiÃ¨me siÃ¨cle avant JC.