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  2. Vermilion Bird - Wikipedia

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    The Vermilion Bird on the gates of a Han dynasty mausoleum complex. The Vermilion Bird is elegant and noble in both appearance and behavior, with feathers in many different hues of vermilion. It is very selective about what it eats and where it perches. [citation needed] Han dynasty decorative bronze cup in the shape of zhuque, from Tomb of Dou ...

  3. Magical creatures in Harry Potter - Wikipedia

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  4. Four Symbols - Wikipedia

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    These four creatures are also referred to by a variety of other names, including "Four Guardians", "Four Gods", and "Four Auspicious Beasts". They are the Azure Dragon of the East, the Vermilion Bird of the South, the White Tiger of the West, and the Black Tortoise (also called "Black Warrior") of the North.

  5. List of organisms named after works of fiction - Wikipedia

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    The name Tieta honours the main character from the homonymous novel Tieta do Agreste by the famous author Jorge Amado, who was born in Bahia and lived in Salvador City [the type locality]. The name Antonieta further means 'priceless', alluding to the value of Tietasaura derbyiana sp. nov. as the first nominal ornithischian species from Brazil ...

  6. List of organisms named after the Harry Potter series

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    "The species name, nagini, is the female version of Nāgá – the Sanskrit word for a group of divine dragons or serpent deities known from Hindu and Buddhist mythology. Nagini is furthermore Lord Voldemort’s serpent, known from J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels." [12] Graphorn Faúndez, Rider, & Carvajal, 2017: Stink bug: Graphorn

  7. The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter - Wikipedia

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    The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter explores the references to history, legends, and literature in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels. [6] David Colbert, the author of the book, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the Harry Potter novels "are [...] literary treasure hunts for [Rowling's] readers. What seem like funny-sounding names and places ...

  8. Birds in Chinese mythology - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes the Chinese terms for mythological or legendary birds include a generic term for "bird" appended to the pronounced name for "bird"; an example would be the Zhenniao, which is also known just as Zhen: the combination of Zhen plus niao means "Zhen bird"; thus, "Zhenniao" is the same as "Zhen bird", or just "Zhen".

  9. Four Holy Beasts - Wikipedia

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    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.