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| Major cult centre | Mount Heng |
| Predecessor | Baidi (Wuxing cycle) |
| Successor | Cangdi (Wuxing cycle) |
| Planet | Mercury |
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Hēidì (Chinese: 黑帝; lit. 'Black Deity') or Hēishén (黑神; 'Black God'), who is the Běidì (北帝; 'North Deity', Cantonese: Pak Tai) or Běiyuèdàdì (北岳大帝; 'Great Deity of the Northern Peak'), is a deity in Chinese religion, one of the cosmological "Five Forms of the Highest Deity" (五方上帝; Wǔfāng Shàngdì). He is also identified as Zhuānxū (颛顼), today frequently worshipped as Xuánwǔ (玄武; 'Dark Warrior') or Zhēnwǔ (真武), and is associated with the essence of water and winter. His animal form is the Black Dragon and his stellar animal is the tortoise-snake.[1] By virtue of his association with the north, he has been identified and revered frequently as a representation of the supreme God of Heaven.
His planet is Mercury. His animal form is the Black Dragon and his stellar animal is the tortoise-snake.[2][3]
- ^ Fowler (2005), p. 201.
- ^ Fowler (2005), pp. 200–201.
- ^ Sun & Kistemaker (1997), pp. 120–123.