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The Dragon protecting the fleece swallows Jason as Athena comes to the rescue. Attic red-figure kylix, c. 480-470 BC. Known as the Dragon of Colchis or the Colchian Dragon (Greek: Δρακων Κολχικος, Drakôn Kolkhikos), this immense serpent, a child of Typhon and Echidna, guarded the Golden Fleece at Colchis. [7]
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
Ryūjin, the dragon god of the sea in Japanese mythology. Kuzuryū: A nine-headed dragon. Gozuryū: A five-headed dragon. [31] Hai-Riyo: The Hai-Riyo are fabulous composites from Japanese mythology [citation needed]. They have the body, claws, and wings of a bird with the head of a dragon. The Hai-Riyo are related to the Ying-Lung. [32] Uwabami
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The King wore five-taloned dragon insignia while the Crown Prince wore four-taloned dragon insignia. [76] Korean folk mythology states that most dragons were originally Imugis (이무기), or lesser dragons, which were said to resemble gigantic serpents. There are a few different versions of Korean folklore that describe both what imugis are ...
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A 1581 engraving by Virgil Solis for Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book I. In Greek mythology, Python (Greek: Πύθων; gen. Πύθωνος) was the serpent, sometimes represented as a medieval-style dragon, living at the center of the Earth, believed by the ancient Greeks to be at Delphi.
Amphisbaena in an illustration from the Aberdeen Bestiary (c. 1200) A medieval amphisbaena. The amphisbaena (/ ˌ æ m f ɪ s ˈ b ɛ ɪ n ə /, / ˌ æ m f ɪ s ˈ b aɪ n ə /, or / ˌ æ m f ɪ s ˈ b iː n ə /, plural: amphisbaenae; Ancient Greek: ἀμφίσβαινα) is a mythological, ant-eating serpent with a head at each end.