Jujak is the Vermilion Bird, the southern guardian among the four directional beasts (Sasin). It is paired with summer and the element fire, and was held to preside over the southern sky as a great bird wreathed in flame.
It is the same lineage of divine bird known in Japan as Suzaku. With the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise it completes the directional order, appearing in tomb and architectural ornament as the fiery guardian of the south.