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Modern fan illustration by David Demaret of the dragon Smaug from J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 high fantasy novel The Hobbit. This is a list of dragons in popular culture.Dragons in some form are nearly universal across cultures and as such have become a staple of modern popular culture, especially in the fantasy genre.
Cockatrice – A mix between a chicken, a bat, and a reptile. Hatuibwari – A dragon-like creature with the head of a human with four eyes, the body of a serpent, and the wings of a bat. Hundun - A Creature with the body of a pig, the legs of a lion or bear and four wings of a bird, with no head.
Round-eared tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene cyclotis) Dragon tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene draconilla) Keast's tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene keasti) Island tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene major) Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene malaitensis) Demonic tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene masalai) Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene minutus)
Balayang (Australian Aboriginal) – Bat-god and brother to Bunjil; Camazotz – Bat spirit and servant of the lords of the underworld; Leutogi – Samoan princess rescued by bats; Minyades – Three sisters who refused to take part in the worship of Dionysus, and turned into bats by Hermes.
A dragon that is represented with a spiral tail and a long fiery sword-fin. Dragons were personified as a caring mother with her children or a pair of dragons. Much like the Chinese Dragon, The Vietnamese Dragon is a water deity responsible for bringing rain during times of drought. Images of the Dragon King have 5 claws, while images of lesser ...
This is a list of fictional bats that appear in video games, film, television, animation, comics and literature. This list is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals . Since bats are mammals, yet can fly, they are considered to be liminal beings in various traditions. [ 1 ]
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]
An early appearance of the Old English word dracan (oblique singular of draca) in Beowulf [1]. The word dragon entered the English language in the early 13th century from Old French dragon, which, in turn, comes from Latin draco (genitive draconis), meaning "huge serpent, dragon", from Ancient Greek δράκων, drákōn (genitive δράκοντος, drákontos) "serpent".