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  2. List of dragons in mythology and folklore - Wikipedia

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    They have a burning breath. Their breath is also poisonous, the reason by which dracs are able to rot everything with their stench. 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

  3. Fire-breathing monster - Wikipedia

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    One of the first monsters described as fire-breathing was the Chimera of Greco-Roman mythology, [1] although these types of monsters were comparatively rare in such mythology, with limited other examples including the Khalkotauroi, the brazen-hooved bulls conquered by Jason in Colchis, which breathed fire from their nostrils, and the cannibalistic Mares of Diomedes, owned by Diomedes of Thrace ...

  4. Chinese dragon - Wikipedia

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    Dragons were varyingly thought to be able to control and embody various natural elements in their "mythic form" such as "water, air, earth, fire, light, wind, storm, [and] electricity". [27] Some dragons who were able to breathe fire were thought to be exiled from tiān and banished to Earth.

  5. European dragon - Wikipedia

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    Dragons are usually shown in modern times with a body more like a huge lizard, or a snake with two pairs of lizard-type legs, and breathing fire from their mouths. This traces back to the continental dragon, commonly referred to as a fire-breathing dragon. The continental, like many other European dragons, has bat-like wings growing from its back.

  6. Dragons in Greek mythology - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Category:Fire-breathing monsters - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to fire-breathing monsters, monsters with the ability to shoot fire from their mouth.The concept of a fire-breathing monster is shared by various mythological traditions throughout history, and is also a common element of monsters in the fantasy genre, especially dragons, which are almost always given the ability to shoot fire, or some other type of breath-based attack.

  8. List of dragons in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    No official name; fans refer to this fire-breathing dragon as Bio Dragon or Genetic Dragon. Horned and spined, with dark grey coloring. Buraki Dragon Wars: Main antagonist of Dragon Wars (2007). Leader of an army of dragons, dinosaurs, and frog-like creatures. Ruthless, despised, and malevolent. Dagahra Rebirth of Mothra II: Battles Mothra.

  9. List of flying mythological creatures - Wikipedia

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    Dragon; Elemental - a being of the alchemical works of Paracelsus; Erinyes; Fairies; Fenghuang; Fionnuala; Firebird - large bird with magically luminescent red- and yellow-hued feathers (sometimes used as a synonym of phoenix; see below) Fūjin; Gamayun; Gargoyle; Garuda; German