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a Dragon like creature from French mythology, with a venomous bite, Guivre meaning wyvern or wyrm, or even serpent which the creatures name is derived from. Peluda La Velue, cover of a French pamphlet (1889) Also known as The Shaggy Beast, or La Velue, a legendary dragon from La Ferté-Bernard that shot deadly quills from its back. Germanic ...
This being is the pet of a local storm god, who rides him through the skies during hurricanes. Lives beneath the Gulf of Mexico. Name clearly jumped from Mayan storm god (Huracan), to Taino name for the weather phenomenon (Juracan), to this creature around the Texas-Louisiana coast.
Writing in the Celtic Review in 1908, the folklorist E. C. Watson described the beithir as a "venomous and destructive creature". [9] She suggested the basis of the legends were founded in the destructive characteristics of lightning and serpents. [9] The beithir was said to be sighted on summer nights when lightning strikes occurred. [13]
In Dungeons and Dragons, the color of the dragon shows if it is evil or good. Metallic dragons are forces of good and they are led by the mighty dragon-god Bahamut. Chromatic dragons are evil creatures ranging from white (the weakest) to the mighty red (the strongest). The chromatic dragons revere Tiamat, a five-headed dragon-god with heads of ...
Name Film Notes Bio Dragon: Dragon Fighter: 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
Nzazi (god of thunder and lightning; master of thunder dogs in Kongo mythology) Azaka-Tonnerre (West African Vodun/Haitian Vodou) Mulungu; Xevioso (alternately: Xewioso, Heviosso. Thunder god of the So region) Amadioha (Igbo, Nigeria) Obuma (god of thunder, Ibibio-Efik Mythology, Nigeria) Àlamei (So region) Kiwanuka (god of thunder and ...
This is a list of lists of dragons. List of dragons in mythology and folklore. Dragons in Greek mythology; Germanic dragon; Slavic dragon; European dragon; Chinese ...
Impundulu (Southern Africa) – Avian, vampiric lightning spirit; Imugi – Flightless, dragon-like creatures (sometimes thought of as proto-dragons) Inapertwa – Simple organisms, used by creator-gods to make everything else; Incubus (Medieval folklore) – Male night-demon and seducer; Indrik – One-horned horse-bull hybrid