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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. ' True Martial Great Emperor ' or ' Truly Valiant Great Emperor ' ), is a revered deity in Chinese religion , one of the higher-ranking deities in Taoism .
Ao – the great turtle of early Chinese mythology; Bixi – the son of the Dragon King who supports Chinese stelæ; Cetus in Chinese astronomy – Cetus and Black Tortoise correspond on astrology, and both creatures possess affinities to waters and travel to underworlds to guide people [10] [11] Dragon turtle – a similar creature; Fushigi ...
Xuanwu (玄武), also known as Zhenwu Great Emperor (真武大帝) The Turtle and Snake Generals ( 龜蛇二將 ) serve under Xuanwu The Lords of the Five Elements ( 五炁真君 )
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 ...
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 ...
Mythology. Black Tortoise or Turtle, one of the Four Symbols of Chinese astronomy; Xuanwu (god) ... Xuanwu, Luyi County, a town in Luyi County, Henan, ...
Four Mountains – Four deities, heroes or legendary mountains in Chinese mythology Four Perils – Four malevolent beings in Chinese mythology Four Seas – Four bodies of water that metaphorically made up the boundaries of ancient China
This goddess was initially known as Xuannü (玄女). [4] The name has been variously translated as the "Dark Lady" [5] [6] or the "Mysterious Lady" [6] in English. In the late Tang dynasty, the Daoist master Du Guangting (850–933) created the title Jiutian Xuannü (九天玄女), adding Jiutian (meaning "[of the] Nine Heavens"), to refer to the goddess.