the perspective of chinese mythological geography tends to focus on the locus of those possessing the myths, as a "center" or "middle" area, based on land, with sky above, underworld below, and replete with mountains, seas, islands, and grottoes. mythological locations tend to be replete with local inhabitants, of a mythological variety. although chinese mythological geography tends to focus on humans existing on a middle land territory of earth, a major motif is change, such as in the flood mythology of china.