demonic turtle
demonic earth Chinese religion single tradition · 1
The demonic turtle was formed when Xuanwu's stomach absorbed the essence of the earth after being discarded in a river. It started to hurt people and no one could subdue it until Xuanwu himself returned to earth to defeat it. After being subdued, it became one of Xuanwu's subordinates.
Relationships
- serves
- Xuanwu
- sibling of
- demonic snake
- co occurs with
- Guanyin, Jade Emperor
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Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“His viscera transformed into a demonic turtle and a demonic snake, who started to hurt people. No one could subdue the demonic animals. Eventually, Xuanwu returned to earth to subdue them. After defeating them, he later used them as his subordinates.”
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