Dark Warrior

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The Dark Warrior ( Chinese  玄武 , Pinyin Xuánwǔ , Jyutping Jyun 4 mou 5 ) - other names include, for example, True Warriors , Emperor Xuanwu , Emperor Zhenwu or Emperor of the North - is considered one of the most powerful deities of Daoism . He is venerated by the Wudang fighters as their patron. Its cult was particularly widespread during the Song and Ming Dynasties .

The Dark Warrior acts as the deity of healing and exorcism . In the Han Dynasty , the Dark Warrior was cosmologically considered to be one of the four beasts of the cardinal points. Iconographically, he was depicted as a snake winding around a turtle. His correspondences were winter, water, the color black and the northern sky.

He later developed into an independent deity, probably as early as the 7th century. Zhenwu was most important during the Ming period. His iconography with bare feet and hair loose, which corresponds to the appearance of ghost media, also dates from this period.

Further designation

The various names of the Daoist deity Xuánwǔ - "Dark Warrior" are used differently in everyday life, depending on the customs in the Chinese culture. It should not be confused with the black turtle - Xuánwǔ (north) of the Siling , each of which is assigned to a cardinal point.

designation Long characters Abbreviation Pinyin Jyutping comment
Dark Warrior 玄武 玄武 Xuanwǔ Jyun 4 mou 5 see black turtle
True warrior 真 武 真 武 Zhēnwǔ Zan 1 mou 5 -
Origin warrior 元 武 元 武 Yuánwǔ Jyun 4 mou 5 "Warrior of Origin"
Xuantian Shangdi 玄天 上帝 玄天 上帝 Xuántiān shàngdì Jyun 4 tin 1 soeng 6 dai 3 "Supreme Deity in the Mysterious Sky"
Emperor Xuanwu 玄武 大帝 玄武 大帝 Xuánwǔ dàdì Jyun 4 mou 5 daai 6 dai 3 "Supreme Deity Xuanwu"
Emperor Zhenwu 真 武大帝 真 武大帝 Zhēnwǔ dàdì Zan 1 mou 5 daai 6 dai 3 "Supreme Deity Zhenwu"
Emperor of the Polaris 北極 大帝 北极 大帝 Běijí dàdì Bak 1 gik 6 daai 6 dai 3 "Emperor of the North Polar Star"
Emperor of the north 北 帝 北 帝 Běidì Bak 1 dai 3 "Northern Emperor" or "Northern Emperor"
Dark emperor 玄 帝 玄 帝 Xuándì Jyun 4 dai 3 "Mysterious Emperor"
Black emperor 黑 帝 黑 帝 Hēidì Hak 1 dai 3 "Dark Emperor"
Deity Xuanwu 玄武 神 玄武 神 Xuánwǔ Shén Jyun 4 mou 5 San 4 "Deity of the Mysterious Warrior"
Deity Zhenwu 真 武神 真 武神 Zhēnwǔ Shén Zan 1 mou 5 San 4 "Deity of the True Warrior"
Deity Yuanwu 元 武神 元 武神 Yuánwǔ Shén Jyun 4 mou 5 San 4 "Deity of the original warrior"
Diye 帝 爺 帝 爷 Dìye Dai 3 each 4 "Most Venerable" - colloquial term
Diyegong 帝 爺 公 帝 爷 公 Dìyegōng Dai 3 per 4 supply 1 "Most Venerable" - colloquial term
Shangdiye 上帝 爺 上帝 爷 Shàngdìye Soeng 6 daai 6 each 4 "Most Venerable" - colloquial term
Shangdigong 上帝 公 上帝 公 Shàngdìgōng Soeng 6 daai 6 gung 1 "Most Venerable" - colloquial term
Da Laoye 大 老爺 大 老爷 Dà Lǎoye Daai 6 Lou 5 each 4 "Old venerable" - colloquial term

literature

See also

Web links

Commons : Dark Warrior  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fabrizio Pregadio: The Routledge Encyclopedia of Taoism. The Encyclopedia of Taoism. tape 2 . Routledge, New York 2011, ISBN 978-0-415-67815-5 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).