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North I go, drawn by my flying dragon, Steering my course to the Dong-ting lake: My sail is of fig-leaves, melilotus my rigging, An iris my flag-pole, my banner of orchids. Gazing at the distant Cen-yang mooring, I waft my magic across the Great River. ... The stream runs fast through the stony shallow, And my flying dragon wings swiftly above it.
Illustrated with the heads of a bird and a puma, Amaru can be seen emerging from a central element in the center of a stepped mountain or pyramid motif in the Gateway of the Sun at Tiwanaku, Bolivia. When illustrated on religious vessels, amaru is often seen with bird-like feet and wings, [2] so that it resembles a dragon. Amaru is believed to ...
Roc – A gigantic bird similar to the Ziz [1] Sarimanok; Shahbaz; Sirens - bird women in Greek mythology, not to be confused with mermaids; Simurgh – A Persian bird similar to the Ziz [1] Snallygaster; Sphinx ; Stymphalian Birds; Sylph; Thunderbird; Winged Unicorn; Wyvern; Yalungur; Yuki-onna; Zilant; Ziz – A gigantic bird mentioned ...
A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object or location from a very steep viewing angle, creating a perspective as if the observer were a bird in flight looking downward. Bird's-eye views can be an aerial photograph , but also a drawing, and are often used in the making of blueprints, floor plans and maps.
Hitotsume-nyūdō could pass for really tall human priests if not for the large, single eye in the center of their faces. Kasa-obake, one-eyed sentient umbrella yokai of Japanese folklore; Shirime; Yamawaro; Jian, a bird in Chinese mythology with only one eye and one wing. A pair of such birds were dependent on each other and inseparable.
There are several different types of bearded dragons that come in a variety of shapes and colors. The different patterns, colors, and even spikes or scales are often referred to as morphs.
Jiaolong, a hornless scaled dragon. Jin Chan, a prosperity frog. Jingwei, a bird who is determined to dry up the sea. It was morphed from a girl who drowned in the sea. Jiufeng or Nine-headed Bird, an earlier version of the Fenghuang. Jinnalaluo, divine creatures with human bodies and animal heads. Jiuweihu, a huli jing with nine-tails
Ryūjin or Watatsumi, Japanese dragon and tutelary deity of the sea. Suijin, Shinto god of water. Sumiyoshi sanjin, god of ocean and sailing. Susanoo, Shinto god of storms and the sea. Watatsumi, dragon king and ocean god. Yamata no Orochi, serpentine monster but also regarded as an incarnation of violent river. Ainu. Amemasu, monster in the lakes.