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Apalala, Nāga in Buddhist mythology; Shwe Nabay (Naga Medaw), a goddess or a Nat spirit in Burmese animistic mythology, who is believed to have married a Naga and died from heartbreak after he left her; Paravataksha, his sword causes earthquakes and his roar caused thunder. Naga Seri Gumum, who lives in Tasik Chini, a freshwater lake in Pahang ...
A mountain-dwelling monkey-like creature that can read one's thoughts, hailing from Gifu Prefecture. Sazae-oni A turban snail of great age, typically thirty years, which has gained the ability to turn into a woman. Seiryū The Japanese version of the Chinese Azure Dragon of the East. Sesshō-seki
Nāga, a serpentine deity or race in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions . Phaya Naga, mythical creatures believed to live in the Laotian stretch of the Mekong River; Naga, another name for Bakunawa, an unrelated sea serpent deity in Filipino mythology
Sigbin – is a creature in Philippine mythology (Philippines) Sky Fox (mythology), a celestial nine-tailed Fox Spirit that is 1,000 years old and has golden fur (Chinese) Shug Monkey – dog/monkey creature found in Cambridgeshire (Britain) Tanuki – Japanese raccoon dog, legends claim is a shapeshifting trickster (Japan)
Chinese dragon mythology is the source of Japanese dragon mythology. Japanese words for "dragon" are written with kanji ("Chinese characters"), either simplified shinjitai 竜 or traditional kyūjitai 龍 from Chinese long 龍. These kanji can be read tatsu in native Japanese kun'yomi, [b] and ryū or ryō in Sino-Japanese on'yomi. [c]
In Indonesia, particularly Javanese and Balinese mythology, a naga is depicted as a crowned, giant, magical serpent, and sometimes winged. Antaboga or Anantaboga, a Javanese and Balinese world serpent. It is a naga of Javanese origin, derivative of Shiva-Hinduism Ananta Shesha; Khmer dragons Neak: The Khmer dragon, or neak is derived from the ...
In South Asian and Southeast Asian mythology, the Nāga are semi-divine creatures which are half-human and half-snakes. [1] Claims of sightings of reptilian creatures occur in Southern United States, where swamps are common. In the late 1980s, there were hundreds of supposed sightings of a "Lizard Man" in Bishopville, South Carolina. [2]
A temple devoted to Nagaraja exists in Poojappura of the Thiruvananthapuram District in Kerala, India. It is known as the Poojappura Nagarukavu Temple. The uniqueness of this temple is that here the family of the Nagaraja, including Nagaramma (queen of nagas), and Nagakanya (princess of the naga kingdom) are placed inside a single temple.