玄武
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玄武 (Xuánwǔ) (literally "Dark Warrior") + the primary animal representing it.

A Chinese constellation making up one of the Four Symbols of Chinese astronomy.

A symbol of the element of water & direction north, typically depicted as a turtle entwined with a snake (stars & rays).

玄武 (Xuánwǔ) or 玄帝 (Xuándì), also known as 真武 (Zhenwǔ) or 真武大帝 (Zhenwǔdàdi "Zhenwu Emperor"), is a powerful deity in Chinese religion, one of the higher-ranking deities in Daoism. He is revered as a powerful god, able to control the elements and capable of great magic. He is identified as the god of the north 黑帝 (Heidi "Black Emperor") and is particularly revered by martial artists. He is the patron god of Hebei, Henan, Manchuria and Mongolia.

「玄天上帝」

伏羲 Fúxī explained the 四象 Four Symbols as one of the stages of the creation of the world, in the following way:

無極生有極、 有極是太極， 太極生兩儀， 即陰陽； 兩儀生四象： 即少陰、太陰、 少陽、太陽； 四象演八卦， 八八六十四卦。

The Limitless (無極; wuji) produces the delimited (有極; youji), and this demarcation is equivalent to the Absolute (太極; taiji). The Taiji (the two opposing forces in embryonic form) produces two forms, named yin-yang (陰陽) (which are called Liangyi (the manifested opposing forces)). These two forms produce four formative phenomena: named lesser yin (少陰, shaoyin), greater yin (太陰; taiyin, which also refers to the Moon), lesser yang (陽, shaoyang), and greater yang (太陽; taiyang, which also refers to the Sun). The four phenomena (四象; Sìxiàng) act on the eight trigrams (八卦; Bagua), eight 'eights' results in sixty-four hexagrams.

Four Auspicious Beasts	Five directions	Five seasons	Five colours	五行	Four Symbols	爻	Five Gods
Azure Dragon	East	Spring	Green	Wood	Young yang	⚎	句芒
Vermilion Bird	South	Summer	Red	Fire	Old yang	⚌	祝融/重黎
White Tiger	West	Autumn	White	Metal	Young yin	⚍	蓐收
Black Tortoise	North	Winter	Black	Water	Old yin	⚏	玄明
Yellow Dragon or 麒麟	Central	Midsummer	Yellow	Earth			后土神