Genbu: Large Tortoise Or Tortoise

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Genbu (玄武 げんぶ) is a large tortoise or turtle combined with a snake. Genbu means dark warrior. Another name for Genbu is Tengoku no kurai kōtei, which means dark emperor of the heavens orブラックトータス which means black Tortoise. Genbu is in the northern sky. Genbu is portrayed as two creatures, a tortoise with a snake coiled around it. Other times he is described as one being, a snake tortoise chimera. Genbu resides in the northern part of the sky. He is in seven of the twenty-eight constellations. He takes up one-quarter of the sky. The snake’s neck can found in Sagittarius. The tortoise’s shell resides in Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pegasus. In Pegasus and Andromeda, you can see the snake’s tail. Genbu is the protector of the north. He symbolizes

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