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  2. Xuanwu (god) - Wikipedia

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    A Ming painting of Xuanwu in his position as Xuantian Shangdi (Supreme Emperor of the Dark Heaven), seated on a rock throne in the clouds surrounded by attendants and divine marshals. Xuanwu or Xuandi (Chinese: 玄帝; pinyin: Xuándì), also known as Zhenwu (真武, lit. ' True Warrior ' or ' Truly Valiant ') or Zhenwudadi (真武大帝, lit.

  3. Black Turtle-Snake - Wikipedia

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    So the English translation Black ~ Dark ~ Mysterious Warrior [a] is a more faithful translation. [4] [5] It represents the north and the winter season, thus it is sometimes called Black Warrior of the North (Chinese: 北方玄武; pinyin: Běifāng Xuánwǔ). In Japan, the characters 玄武 are pronounced as Genbu.

  4. Xuanwu - Wikipedia

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    Xuanwu (god) ("Dark Warrior"), a god in Chinese religion; People ... Xuanwu, Luyi County, a town in Luyi County, Henan, in China This page was last edited on 16 ...

  5. Snakes in Chinese mythology - Wikipedia

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    Depiction on the grounds of the Beijing Ancient Observatory of Xuanwu – the sign for the northern quarter of the sky. In the ancient China of the Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE), worship of Four Directional deities developed, the directions were east, south, west, and north. With the direction of the middle, there were five major directions ...

  6. Wufang Shangdi - Wikipedia

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    Hēidì (黑帝 "Black Deity" or "Black Emperor") or Hēishén (黑神 "Black God"), also known as the cosmological Běidì (北帝 "North Deity") or Běiyuèdàdì (北岳大帝 "Great Deity of the Northern Peak"), and identified as Zhuānxū (颛顼), today frequently worshipped as Xuánwǔ (玄武 "Dark Warrior") or Zhēnwǔ (真武), is the ...

  7. Four Symbols - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese classic Book of Rites mentions the Vermillion Bird, Black Tortoise (Dark Warrior), Azure Dragon, and White Tiger as heraldic animals on war flags; [3] they were the names of asterisms associated with the four cardinal directions: South, North, East, and West, respectively. [4]

  8. “The extremely elongated dark mark on the caudal peduncle is the defining morphological feature of (the new species),” the researchers said. ... meaning “warrior,” comes from Greek ...

  9. Chinese gods and immortals - Wikipedia

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    Heidi (黑帝, "Black Deity), the Běidì (北帝, "North Deity") or Běiyuèdàdì (北岳大帝, "Great Deity of the Northern Peak"): he is Zhuanxu (顓頊), today frequently worshiped as Xuanwu (玄武, "Dark Warrior") or Zhēnwǔ (真武), and is associated with the essence of water and winter, and with Mercury. His animal form is the Black ...