Four Holy Beasts

The Four Holy Beasts (四聖獣 Shiseijuu) are four Ultimate level digimon that reign over the north, south, east, and west of the Digital World. (Dub: Harmonious Ones in the Digimon Adventure, Digimon Sovereign in the Digimon Tamers)

=Members and Alignment= Each of the Four Holy Beasts reigns over one of the cardinal points of the Digital World, North, South, East and West. They are also represented by three each of the Twelve Devas which correspond to their Attribute.


 * NORTH: Xuanwumon, the turtle.
 * Kunbiramon
 * Vajiramon
 * Vikararamon


 * SOUTH: Zhuqiaomon, the phoenix.
 * Indaramon
 * Pajiramon
 * Santiramon


 * EAST: Qinglongmon, the dragon.
 * Antiramon
 * Majiramon
 * Mihiramon


 * WEST: Baihumon, the tiger.
 * Chatsuramon
 * Makuramon
 * Shinduramon

=Other Information= The Four Holy Beasts are derived from the four Guardian Beasts of the city of Kyoto from Japanese legend. Each beast protects each direction of the city just like the Holy Beasts do with the Digital World. Seiryuu the Dragon of the East, Genbu the Turtle of the North, Suzaku the Phoenix of the South, and Byakko the Tiger of the West are the guardians that the Holy Beasts based on.

They are also a bit of a mystery and are one of the few entities which seem to be able to transcend multiple universes. Like Ryou, these beings have both appeared in the Adventure universe, and also the Tamers universe.

Whether the ones in the Digimon Tamers are alternate versions of the one in Digimon Adventure, is unknown. Though since Ryou possesses the ability to transcend time and space, we could assume that the Four Holy Beasts may also.

=Appearances=

Digimon Adventure 02
When Miyako goes on a school trip to visit Kyoto, she meets with one of Jou's older brothers, Kido Shuu, and Sora's father, Mr Takenouchi. They explain to her about Kyoto's importance to the Digital World, telling her that Kyoto is the place where it is said that the barrier between the two worlds are at their weakest and that's why Digimon were able to pass. This is also why people built temples in this area. This is also where the Four Holy Beasts are explained about.

In points of Chinese mythology it is said that there are four guardians protecting the land. However as of late we've found there are in fact Five guardians protecting the Digital World. These guardians are made up of five mega digimon. These guardians are the Digital World's equivalent to the five guardians that are said to protect the real world.

In D237, Qinglongmon explains that Takeru and Hikari were able to break his seal.

It is discovered that the Dark Masters had somehow sealed away the Four Holy Beasts, and upon them being defeated by the Chosen Children, they were still sealed away. To break the seal, the Chosen had to return to the Digital World and give up the power of their Crests.

Manga
=Video Games=

Digimon World 3
While none of the Holy Beasts actually appears in-game, each of the four main cities on each server are named after the cardinal legendary beasts they are named after.

Digimon Story
Each of the Four Holy Beasts are an Observer over the individual ranks of Tamers, with Clavis Angemon being in charge of the Platinum rank tamers.