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The dragon name Zennyo Ryūō is written with Japanese zen 善 "good, goodness; virtuous", nyo 女 "woman; female" or nyo 如 "like; as if; be like; thus" (differentiated with the "mouth radical" 口), and ryūō 龍王 or 竜王 "dragon king". Zennyo is a common theme in Japanese art, usually depicted as a small dragon but sometimes as a human ...
Fèng or Fènghuáng is a common element in given names of Chinese women (likewise, "Dragon" is used for men's names). " Dragon -and-phoenix infants" (龍鳳胎; 龙凤胎) is a Chinese term for a set of male and female fraternal twins. Fenghuang is a common place name throughout China.
Nāga. In various Asian religious traditions, the Nagas (Sanskrit: नाग, romanized: Nāga) [1] are a divine, or semi-divine, race of half-human, half- serpent beings that reside in the netherworld (Patala), and can occasionally take human or part-human form, or are so depicted in art. A female naga is called a Nagi, or a Nagini.
Japanese sea-dragon, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese dragon, by Hokusai Princess Tamatori steals the Dragon King's jewel, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Emperor Antoku's grandmother rescuing him from a dragon, by Yoshitsuya Ichieisai A dragon ascends towards the heavens with Mount Fuji in the background in this 1897 ukiyo-e print from Ogata Gekkō's Views of Mount Fuji.
Pontus. Watatsumi (海神, 綿津見) [watatsɯmi], also pronounced Wadatsumi, is a legendary kami (神, god; deity; spirit), Japanese dragon and tutelary water deity in Japanese mythology. Ōwatatsumi no kami (大綿津見神, "great deity of the sea") is believed to be another name for the sea deity Ryūjin (龍神, Dragon God) and also for ...
Izanagi and Izanami are held to be the creators of the Japanese archipelago and the progenitors of many deities, which include the sun goddess Amaterasu, the moon deity Tsukuyomi, and the storm god Susanoo. He is a god that can be said to be the beginning of the current Japanese imperial family.
Tanabata (Japanese: たなばた or 七夕, meaning "Evening of the Seventh"), also known as the Star Festival (星祭り, Hoshimatsuri), is a Japanese festival originating from the Chinese Qixi Festival. [1][a][b] It celebrates the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi (represented by the stars Vega and Altair respectively).
Ryūjin (龍神, lit. "Dragon God"), which in some traditions is equivalent to Ōwatatsumi, was the tutelary deity of the sea in Japanese mythology. In many versions Ryūjin had the ability to transform into a human shape. Many believed the god had knowledge on medicine and many considered him as the bringer of rain and thunder, Ryūjin is also ...