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Dragon's blood, powdered pigment or apothecary's grade and roughly crushed incense, extracted from Calamus draco. Dragon's blood is a bright red resin which is obtained from different species of a number of distinct plant genera: Calamus spp. (previously Daemonorops) also including Calamus rotang, Croton, Dracaena and Pterocarpus.
Dragon's Blood, sometimes called Australian bloodstone, is composed of red jasper and green epidote. The name heliotrope derives from ancient beliefs about the manner in which the mineral reflects light. Such notions are described, for example, by Pliny the Elder (Nat. Hist. 37.165). [1]
A serpent or dragon consuming its own tail, it is a symbol of infinity, unity, and the cycle of death and rebirth. Pentacle: Mesopotamia: An ancient symbol of a unicursal five-pointed star circumscribed by a circle with many meanings, including but not limited to, the five wounds of Christ and the five elements (earth, fire, water, air, and soul).
Dragon's blood is a bright red resin obtained from a number of distinct plants. Dragon's blood, dragon blood, or dragon-blood may also refer to: Dragon's blood tree, a common name for several plants Croton draco, a spurge in the genus Croton; Calamus draco, a palm formerly in the genus Daemonorops; Dracaena draco, a tree native to the Canary ...
The Lernaean Hydra was a dragon-like water serpent with fatally venomous breath, blood and fangs, a daughter of Typhon and Echidna. The creature was said to have anywhere between five and 100 heads, although most sources put the number somewhere between seven and nine. For each head cut off, one or two more grew back in its place.
In the contemporary Hungarian language, sárkány is used to mean any kind of dragon. Zomok: A giant winged snake. It often serves as flying mount of the garabonciás (a kind of magician). The sárkánykígyó rules over storms and bad weather. Italian dragons Tarantasio: A dragon that lived in Gerundo Lake between Milan, Lodi and Cremona.
Warning: Spoilers ahead for the House of the Dragon season 2 premiere, "A Son for a Son." House of the Dragon kicked off its second season in gut-wrenching fashion. Fans of George R.R. Martin's ...
Obeah incorporates both spell-casting and healing practices, largely of African origin, [2] although with European and South Asian influences as well. [3] It is found primarily in the former British colonies of the Caribbean, [2] namely Suriname, Jamaica, the Virgin Islands, Trinidad, Tobago, Guyana, Belize, the Bahamas, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Barbados. [4]