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A water dragon youkai in Japanese mythology. Tatsu: Dragon of Japanese mythology, and the master of the water, like the Ryu. Orochi: the eight-headed serpent slain by Susanoo in Japanese mythology. Kuraokami: A Japanese dragon and a deity of rain and snow. Ryū: Similar to Chinese dragons, with three claws instead of four. They are usually ...
Zhulong (mythology), a giant red solar dragon and god. Zhuque , a Vermilion Bird, one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. Zouyu a precious beast as big as a tiger, with five colors and a tail longer than its body known for travelling 1000 li per day [ 8 ]
Kangla Sha (Meitei mythology) – Dragon Lion in the Kangla Palace; Kanbo – Drought spirit; Kanedama – Money spirit; Kappa – Little people and water spirit; Kapre – Malevolent tree spirit; Karakoncolos (Bulgarian and Turkish), also in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia known as Karanđoloz – Troublesome spirit
Divine dragons in mythology and religion. Subcategories. This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. C. Chinese dragons (40 P) F.
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.
For instance, multi-headed dragons in Greek mythology include the 9-headed Lernaean Hydra and the 100-headed Ladon, both slain by Heracles. Two other Japanese examples derive from Buddhist importations of Indian dragon myths. Benzaiten, the Japanese form of Saraswati, supposedly killed a five-headed dragon at Enoshima in 552.
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.
In Meitei mythology and Sanamahism, the indigenous religion of Manipur, Kanglā shā (Meitei: ꯀꯡꯂꯥ ꯁꯥ, lit. ' beast of the Kangla ') is a sacred guardian beast with a lion's body and a two-horned dragon's head. [1] [2] It is a royal symbol of the Meitei royalties (Ningthouja dynasty). [3]