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In Indian origin religions, there are four different Nāga races: Primitive Dragons such as the European dragon who can spit fire. The Spiritual Dragons who are the guardians of wealth, protecting treasure in the ocean. They can take on a half human form. The Divine Nāgas, who can travel to heaven, came from Lord Indra's realm (the divine ...
A víbria is a female dragon. Chuvash dragons Věri Şělen: Chuvash dragons are winged fire-breathing and shape shifting dragons, they originate with the ancestral Chuvash people. [4] Celtic dragons Beithir: In Scottish folklore, the beithir is a large snakelike creature or dragon. Depicted with different numbers of limbs, without wings.
A dragon is a magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in Western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as winged, horned, and capable of breathing fire.
Pages in category "Indian dragons" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. M. Mahoraga; Makara; N. Nāga; S.
Some sources indicate that they may have come from India. Mandi, The Mandi, according to Pliny the Elder, are a short-lived people from India. Monopods are mythological human creatures with a single, large foot extending from a leg centered in the middle of their bodies. They are described by Pliny the Elder in his Natural History, where he ...
The word dragon derives from the Greek δράκων (drakōn) and its Latin cognate draco.Ancient Greeks applied the term to large, constricting snakes. [2] The Greek drakōn was far more associated with poisonous spit or breath than the modern Western dragon, though fiery breath is still attested in a few myths.
The red dragon features on, and is the name of, the national flag of Wales (Y Ddraig Goch, "the red dragon"). Early Welsh writing associates dragons with war leaders, and in legend, Nennius, in Historia Birttonum, tells of a vision of the red dragon (representing the Britons ) and the white dragon (representing the invading Saxons ) fighting ...
The first dragon hatched in at least a thousand years when dragons have long been considered only myths. Glaedr: Brisingr: Paolini [A 5] An old, golden, and wise dragon who had Oromis as his rider. Glaurung The Silmarillion: Tolkien [A 1] The first of the Dragons, and the main antagonist in the tale of The Children of Húrin. Wingless.