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The Black Tortoise is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. It is usually depicted as a tortoise intertwined with a snake. According

Vermilion Bird of the South, the White Tiger of the West, and the Black Tortoise (also called "Black Warrior") of the North. Each of the creatures is most closely

Bixi, a dragon with the shell of a turtle. Birds in Chinese mythology Black Tortoise, a turtle that represents the cardinal point North and Winter. Bo beast

The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger) is a very large species of tortoise in the genus Chelonoidis (which also contains

assigned a mysterious animal. They are Azure Dragon (青龍) on the east, Black Tortoise (玄武) on the north, White Tiger (白虎) on the west, and Vermilion Bird

with winter, cold, and the direction north, usually symbolized by a black tortoise. It is also associated with disorder, including the positive disorder

serving under him, a "Tortoise General" and a "Snake General". This king had a temple at Wudang Mountains in Hubei, thus there is a Tortoise Mountain and a Snake

serpents with the power to cause death with a single glance (Europe) Black Tortoise – one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations Chalkydri Chinese

as to become taboo aboard vessels.[citation needed] Black Tortoise—Cetus and the Black Tortoise correspond in astrology, as both creatures possess affinities

been inspired by the Black Tortoise, one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations in East Asian mythology. The Black Tortoise is known as Genbu