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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.
The Last Dragon, known as Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real in the United States, and also known as Dragon's World in other countries, is a 2004 British docufiction made by Darlow Smithson Productions [1] for Channel Four and broadcast on both Channel Four and Animal Planet.
This is a list of flying mythological creatures. This listing includes flying and weather-affecting creatures. Adzehate creatures; Angel; Arkan Sonney; Basilisk; Boobrie; Cockatrice; Djinn; Devil; Dragon; Elemental - a being of the alchemical works of Paracelsus; Erinyes; Fairies; Fenghuang; Fionnuala
Qian 乾 "The Creative", Yijing Commentaries on these explain: Because the holy man is clear as to the end and the beginning, as to the way in which each of the six stages completes itself in its own time, he mounts on them toward heaven as though on six dragons. 大明終始，六位時成。時乘六龍以御天 — Commentary on the Decision (彖傳) 'Flying dragon in the heavens.' This ...
Draco is a genus of agamid lizards [1] that are also known as flying lizards, flying dragons or gliding lizards. These lizards are capable of gliding flight via membranes that may be extended to create wings ( patagia ), formed by an enlarged set of ribs.
Nezha is often depicted as a youth, although he does sometimes appear as an adult from time to time. He is often shown flying in the sky riding on the Wind Fire Wheels (風火輪), has the Universe Ring (乾坤圈) around his body (sometimes in his left hand), the Red Armillary Sash (浑天绫) around his shoulders and a Fire-tipped Spear (火尖槍) in his right hand.
Draco volans, also commonly known as the common flying dragon, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The species is endemic to Southeast Asia . [ 2 ] Like other members of genus Draco , this species has the ability to glide using winglike lateral extensions of skin called patagia .
Trithemis annulata is a robust medium-sized species with a wingspan of 60 mm (2.4 in). The mature male has a dark red head and a yellow labium with a brown central spot. The eyes are red with white spots on the rear edge, and the frons is dark metallic purplish-red.