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A water dragon youkai in Japanese mythology. Tatsu: Dragon of Japanese mythology, and the master of the water, like the Ryu. Orochi: the eight-headed serpent slain by Susanoo in Japanese mythology. Kuraokami: A Japanese dragon and a deity of rain and snow. Ryū: Similar to Chinese dragons, with three claws instead of four. They are usually ...
Concept-art done for Sintel, 3rd open-movie of the Blender Foundation. Artwork : David Revoy. This is a list of dragons in film and television.The dragons are organized by either film or television and further by whether the media is animation or live-action.
This is a list of lists of dragons. List of dragons in mythology and folklore. Dragons in Greek mythology; Germanic dragon; Slavic dragon; European dragon; Chinese dragon; Japanese dragon; Korean dragon; List of dragons in popular culture; List of dragons in film and television; List of dragons in games; List of dragons in literature
Langmeidong (Meitei mythology) – Semi human, semi hornbill creature; Lares – House spirit; La Sayona – Female ghost that punishes unfaithful husbands; La Tunda – Nature spirit that seduces and kills men; Lava bear – Miniature bear thought to inhabit the lava beds of south central Oregon
As seen in the table, some names are assigned to different creatures by different authors. Aside from these names, there are other variants in use, such as 負屭 for the dragons depicted on the tops of steles, or 龜趺 for the turtle found beneath the steles. The word "dragon head" may be applied to some of the mentioned structures.
The European dragon is a legendary creature in folklore and mythology among the overlapping cultures of Europe.. The Roman poet Virgil in his poem Culex lines 163–201, [1] describing a shepherd battling a big constricting snake, calls it "serpens" and also "draco", showing that in his time the two words probably could mean the same thing.
The dragon guarding the golden fleece, as in Apollonius's Argonautica. This is a list of dragons in literature. For fictional dragons in other media, see the list of dragons in popular culture. For dragons from legends and mythology, see the list of dragons in mythology and folklore.
Níðhöggr is a dragon attested in the Eddas that gnaws at the roots of Yggdrasil and the corpses of Náströnd. [18] [30] The Gesta Danorum contains a description of a dragon killed by Frotho I. [31] The dragon is described as "the keeper of the mountain." After Frotho I kills the dragon, he takes its hoard of treasure. [31]