Mythical Animals: the Turtle And the Tiger
to concentrate on the purpose, and the turtle knows the business.
It is enough to have one turtle as a talisman, and in general it is considered that the turtle prefers loneliness.
That the talisman has started to work actively, near it it is necessary to place any plant or capacity with water as cherepashka loves a green grass and water.
By the way, know, whence there were turtles on the Chinese giving, is more correct even Indian (it because for culture of Ancient China is characteristic penetration into it of many mythological images from India)?
There was one legend narrating about great battle which has occurred in an extreme antiquity. Mighty giants have risen against gods and have suffered defeat. And their boards thrown in the field of fight, at will of gods have crept away on the world, having grown a paw, heads and tails. So, according to the legend, also there were turtles.
Tiger
Tiger - a symbol of military valor. Its image is used in struggle against demons and evil ghosts.
In the fan-shuj it is an animal appears as the white tiger which spirit is so strong that the best protection against the harm threatening from the outside not to find. It is the keeper of the West as I already spoke, accordingly there it better and to place, or on the right side from an entrance door.
And know, why white color? This results from the fact that in China light West side is a symbol of the other world or the country dead, in other words. And as it is known, in China color of mourning is white, instead of black as at us.
Talisman of a tiger use instead of protecting them carefully as it is very furious animal who at the inappropriate reference can let out the claws against tenants of the house. Chineses do not use a tiger for house protection, if among members of a family there is someone who were born in year of that animal, which is used by a tiger in food (a wild boar, the rabbit, a cock etc.).
