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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".
In Indian origin religions, there are four different Nāga races: Primitive Dragons such as the European dragon who can spit fire. The Spiritual Dragons who are the guardians of wealth, protecting treasure in the ocean. They can take on a half human form. The Divine Nāgas, who can travel to heaven, came from Lord Indra's realm (the divine ...
It is also a name for a maiden cursed into a dragon in the story of the same name. Lithuanian dragons Slibinas: This dragon is more of a hydra with multiple heads, though sometimes it does appear with one head. Aitvaras: Aitvaras is described as a bird with the appearance of a dragon outdoors. An aitvaras will lodge itself in a house and most ...
Meitei dragons (5 P) N. ... Pages in category "Indian dragons" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. M.
Varanus sivalensis, also known as the Indian Dragon, is a species of monitor lizard that originally lived in India in the Pinjor Formation during the Pliocene through the early Pleistocene. [1] As its name implies, it was broadly comparable in size to the extant Komodo Dragon .
The name reputedly derives from a type of firearm, called a dragon, which was a handgun version of a blunderbuss, carried by dragoons of the French Army. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The title has been retained in modern times by a number of armoured or ceremonial mounted regiments.
The oldest creatures outright referred to as "winged dragons" are Helios's chariot steeds, which aid Medea. In British heraldry, the term "wyver" first appears in Great Roll in 1312, and is derived from the Old French "wyvre", meaning "serpent". The term "dragon" appears by the following century.
The red dragon features on, and is the name of, the national flag of Wales (Y Ddraig Goch, "the red dragon"). Early Welsh writing associates dragons with war leaders, and in legend, Nennius, in Historia Birttonum, tells of a vision of the red dragon (representing the Britons ) and the white dragon (representing the invading Saxons ) fighting ...