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Genbu (Xuan Wu): the Black Turtle rules the North, and the element of Water.
Suzaku (Zhu Que): the Red Phoenix rules the South, and the element of Fire.
Seiryuu (Qing Long): the Azure Dragon rules the East, and the element of Earth. (original is Wood)
Byakko (Bai Hu): the White Tiger rules the West, and the element of Air. (original is Metal)
Thanks for remember me of my mistake, I should update the description now ^^.
- suzaku isn't really a phoenix, true, both birds do look alike and both are related to fire, whoever the legends, powers, etc about them is totally different, thus leading to different creatures
- genbu isn't a turtle at all, more likely it's a snake and a turtle, rather a strange creature, since it is a turtle with a snake stiking out of its shell as a second head
- byakko's element isn't wind? o.o
As for Suzaku, thanks for letting me know more about him ^^. What I don't know is if the Phoenix we know is the same kind of bird that Chineses believed to be Suzaku.
As for Genbu, it's a turtle with a snake inside it's shell. But Ocident just call him Turtle, as we don't have an exact translation for it's name. I don't know if I should change it in the artist's comments.
Another thing that people might not know is that the 4 japanese guardians ARE the 4 gods from the Chinese mithology. Few people know that most of Japan's mithology is based on Chinese mithology. That's why their calendar and the Juunishi, for example, are the same.
Another note about silly mistakes people from the East side do (For this I mean americans and europeans). In Juunishi, some people think that the Rabbit is the Cat. That's wrong, the cat never belonged to the Juunishi, as well as the Pig. The correct animal is the Boar.
Thanks alot for your observations ^___^.
also, what is even funnier about the Juunishi, is that some ppl KNOW that fable about the cat who was tricked by the mouse so it was left out of the Juunishi, but ALSO thinks that the rabit is the cat......I wonder what kind of logic these ppl have o.O
For the 4 gods, I think Japanese people created some other legends related to them.