The Vermilion bird is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. According to Wu Xing, the Taoist five-elemental system, it represents the fire-element, the direction south, and the season summer correspondingly. Thus it is sometimes called the Vermilion bird of the South and it is also known as Suzaku in Japan and Jujak in Korea.
Yep...Suzaku is one of the Four Guardians, together with Genbu - Black Tortoise (yes, that Kururugi Genbu), Byakko - White Tiger and Seiryuu - Azure Dragon. In Japanese myth, Suzaku is a...goddess ._.
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The Vermilion bird is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. According to Wu Xing, the Taoist five-elemental system, it represents the fire-element, the direction south, and the season summer correspondingly. Thus it is sometimes called the Vermilion bird of the South and it is also known as Suzaku in Japan and Jujak in Korea.
Yep...Suzaku is one of the Four Guardians, together with Genbu - Black Tortoise (yes, that Kururugi Genbu), Byakko - White Tiger and Seiryuu - Azure Dragon. In Japanese myth, Suzaku is a...goddess ._.