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The Dacian draco was a military standard used by troops of the ancient Dacian people, which can be seen in the hands of the soldiers of Decebalus in several scenes depicted on Trajan's Column in Rome, Italy. This wind instrument has the form of a dragon with open wolf-like jaws containing several metal tongues.
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness is a series of historical fantasy novels by the British author Michelle Paver and her first books for children. [1] The books chronicle the adventures of Torak, an adolescent boy, and his friends Renn and Wolf.
A dragon that is represented with a spiral tail and a long fiery sword-fin. Dragons were personified as a caring mother with her children or a pair of dragons. Much like the Chinese Dragon, The Vietnamese Dragon is a water deity responsible for bringing rain during times of drought. Images of the Dragon King have 5 claws, while images of lesser ...
Amarok- (Inuit) Giant wolf which hunts solitarily. Anubis – jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife (Egypt) Aralez- (Armenia) Winged dogs that descend from heaven and resurrect fallen warriors by licking their wounds. Asena (Altai/ Turkish) She wolf impregnated by mythical founder of a tribe called the Golturks. They ...
Torak tells Fin-Kedinn, the leader of the Raven Clan and the clans flee. Torak is swept away by the water along with Wolf after he helps Aki climb a tree, and passes out on a bank. When he wakes up, Fin-Kedinn prevents the other clans from killing Torak by adopting him as his son; the appearance of Seshru convinces everyone that Torak is innocent.
The fall almost kills Torak, but Wolf manages to find his souls and push them back into his body, restoring him to life. He then reunites with Darkfur and Pebble. In the spring, back at the Raven Camp, Renn reveals that Dark would be the new Raven Mage, not her, and she and Torak, accompanied by the three wolves, depart the Raven Camp to live a ...
Nine Dragons (九龍圖卷; Jiǔlóngtú juǎn) is a handscroll painting by Chinese artist Chen Rong. [1] Painted in 1244, it depicts the apparitions of dragons soaring amidst clouds, mists, whirlpools, rocky mountains and fire, the painting refers to the dynamic forces of nature in Daoism and the liquid, water-like essence of the Tao. [2]
The name Kuraokami combines kura 闇 "dark; darkness; closed" and okami 龗 "dragon tutelary of water". This uncommon kanji (o)kami or rei 龗, borrowed from the Chinese character ling 龗 "rain-dragon; mysterious" (written with the "rain" radical 雨, 3 口 "mouths", and a phonetic of long 龍 "dragon") is a variant Chinese character for Japanese rei < Chinese ling 靈 "rain-prayer ...