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The Dragon King, also known as the Dragon God, is a Chinese water and weather god. He is regarded as the dispenser of rain, commanding over all bodies of water. He is the collective personification of the ancient concept of the lóng in Chinese culture. There are also the cosmological "Dragon Kings of the Four Seas" (四海龍王; Sihai Longwang).
Dragon Kings features tips for taking player characters from the Dark Sun setting all the way to 30th level. [1] The first section of the book offers rules for creating high-level warriors, along with Battlesystem options, and 50-plus pages of high-powered spells. [1] Dragon Kings are the most powerful characters of Athas, and rule the world ...
Ao Run (敖闰) or Ao Ji (敖吉), is the Dragon King of the West Sea (西海龙王, Xīhǎi Lóngwáng) and one of the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas in Chinese religion and Korean mythology. [1] As an important belief in Chinese folk religion, Four Dragon King Temples are built around the place to worship the Dragon Kings. [2]
The dragon king theory was developed by Didier Sornette, who hypothesizes that many crises are in fact DKs rather than black swans, i.e., they may be predictable to some degree. Given the importance of crises to the long-term organization of a variety of systems, the DK theory urges that special attention be given to the study and monitoring of ...
The dragon king's daughter presents her priceless jewel to the Buddha; frontispiece of a 12th-century Lotus Sutra handscroll in the "Heike Nokyo". [3] Longnü is depicted in the 12th Chapter of the Lotus Sūtra (Skt. Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra) as being full of wisdom and achieving instant enlightenment.
Dragon Kings of the Four Seas, oceanic rulers in Chinese mythology; The eight hachidai ryuuou of the Lotus Sutra; Dragon Kings, a 1992 accessory book for a role-playing game; Dragon King Theory in systems theory; Ryūō, (竜王, lit. "Dragon King"), an annual Japanese professional shogi tournament and the title of its winner.
The Dragon King or Dragon Kings (also Dragon Gods(s)), are deities in Chinese tradition (Taoism).. Dragon King(s) in Hinduism and Buddhism refer to the Nagarajas.The Dragon King in Japanese tradition is Ryū-ō aka Ryūjin ("Dragon god") of Ryūgū-jō, sometimes equated with the sea-god Watatsumi.
(The) Dragon King may refer to: Dragon King, a deity in Chinese mythology commonly regarded as the divine ruler of the ocean; The Dragon King (novel), a novel in the Crimson shadow series; The Dragon King (Decide Your Destiny), a Doctor Who gamebook; Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King, a fantasy mini-series; Druk Gyalpo, title of the King of Bhutan