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  2. Susanoo-no-Mikoto - Wikipedia

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    Susanoo (スサノオ; historical orthography: スサノヲ, 'Susanowo'), often referred to by the honorific title Susanoo-no-Mikoto, is a kami in Japanese mythology.The younger brother of Amaterasu, goddess of the sun and mythical ancestress of the Japanese imperial line, he is a multifaceted deity with contradictory characteristics (both good and bad), being portrayed in various stories ...

  3. Descendants of the Dragon - Wikipedia

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    The song states that China is the dragon, and Chinese people the "Descendants of the Dragon". [14] Although the use of Chinese dragon as a motif has a long history, using dragon to represent the Chinese people only became popular since the 1970s.

  4. Izanagi - Wikipedia

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    Another variant meanwhile portrays Izanagi as the offspring of a deity named Awanagi-no-Mikoto (沫蕩尊) and the fifth-generation descendant of the primordial deity Kuninotokotachi-no-Mikoto. [25] In the Shoki's main narrative, the couple first begets the following eight islands after performing the marriage ceremony (in the following order):

  5. Ascended master - Wikipedia

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    Adherents of the ascended master Teachings hold that the beliefs surrounding ascended masters were partially released by the Theosophical Society beginning in 1875, by C.W. Leadbeater and Alice A. Bailey, and began to have more detailed public release in the 1930s by the ascended masters through Guy Ballard in the I AM Activity. [4]

  6. Nine sons of the dragon - Wikipedia

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    The nine sons of the dragon is a traditional name for a set of mythological creatures whose imagery is used in certain types of decorations. The concept was first mentioned by Lu Rong in the Ming Dynasty, although similar set of creatures (not necessarily nine) is recorded even earlier.

  7. Yan Huang Zisun - Wikipedia

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    Yan Huang Zisun (Chinese: 炎黃子孫; lit. 'Descendants of Yan[di] and Huang[di]'), or descendants of Yan and Yellow Emperors, [1] is a term that represents the Chinese people and refers to an ethnocultural identity based on a common ancestry associated with a mythological origin.

  8. Hou Dejian - Wikipedia

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    Amidst the chaos in the morning of June 4 the four men decided that they had to take responsibility for the students in the square. [8] Although Zhou Duo had volunteered to go out to seek the cooperation of the soldiers, he realised that Hou Dejian was the only person that the soldiers might know of. [8]

  9. Vietnamese dragon - Wikipedia

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    The Trần dragon, wood carving of Phổ Minh Temple, Nam Định province. The Trần dynasty dragon was similar to that of the Lý dynasty but looked more rugged. The Trần dragon had new details: arms and horns. Its fiery crest became shorter. Its slightly curved body became fat and smaller toward the tail.