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It is often mistaken for the Fenghuang due to similarities in appearance, but the two are different creatures. [1] The Fenghuang is a legendary ruler of birds who is associated with the Chinese Empress in the same way the dragon is associated with the Emperor, while the Vermilion Bird is a mythological spirit creature of the Chinese constellations.
The Azure Dragon of the East represents Wood, the Vermilion Bird of the South represents Fire, the White Tiger of the West represents Metal, and the Black Tortoise (or Black Warrior) of the North represents Water. In this system, the fifth principle Earth is represented by the Yellow Dragon of the Center. [8]
Phoenix depicted at the Longshan temple, Taiwan. The Four Holy Beasts differs from Four Symbols in that Qilin replaces the White Tiger.The Four Symbols are the Azure Dragon (青龍) in the East, White Tiger (白虎) in the West, Vermilion Bird (朱雀) in the South, and the Black Tortoise (玄武) in the North.
The Vermilion Bird of the South symbolically represents the cardinal direction south. It is red and associated with the wu xing "element" fire. The Jingwei bird represents determination and persistence, even in the face of seemingly over-whelming odds. Some birds may function as totems or representative symbols of clans or other social groups.
Ababil – a miraculous bird; Adarna – has healing powers, put people to sleep, and turn people into stone; Avalerion – only a single pair was said to live at any time; Alicanto – bird with luminescent feathers which feeds on gold or silver [1] Anqa – large mysterious or fabulous female bird
Much of the mythology involves exciting stories full of fantastic people and beings, the use of magical powers, often taking place in an exotic mythological place or time. Like many mythologies, Chinese mythology has in the past been believed to be, at least in part, a factual recording of history.
Vermilion (sometimes vermillion) [1] is a color family and pigment most often used between antiquity and the 19th century from the powdered mineral cinnabar (a form of mercury sulfide). It is synonymous with red orange , which often takes a modern form, but is 11% brighter (at full brightness).
Kresnik, golden fire god who became a hero of Slovenia; Ognyena Maria, fire goddess who assists Perun; Peklenc, god of fire who rules the underworld and its wealth and who judges and punishes the wicked through earthquakes; Svarog, the bright god of fire, smithing, and the sun, and is sometimes considered as the creator