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The drakaina was a sacred female spirit dragon generally slain only by gods or demigods. Zeus slew Delphyne and Campe, Apollo slew Python, and Argus Panoptes slew Echidna. [citation needed] Echidna was the mate of Typhon and the mother of a huge brood of monsters, including
The dragon king's daughter presents her priceless jewel to the Buddha; frontispiece of a 12th-century Lotus Sutra handscroll in the "Heike Nokyo". [ 3 ] Longnü is depicted in the 12th Chapter of the Lotus Sūtra (Skt. Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra ) as being full of wisdom and achieving instant enlightenment.
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 Chinese culture, dragons are considered spirits of water and have the power to control the weather. During a drought, therefore, Wen Shi asked her dragon children to summon the rain for her village. When rain came and ended the drought, the grateful villagers gave Wen Shi the name "Mother of Dragons" (龍母) or "Divine Human" (神人).
Zennyo Ryūō (善如龍王 or 善女龍王, lit. "goodness-like dragon-king" or "goodness woman dragon-king", respectively) is a rain-god dragon in Japanese mythology. According to Japanese Buddhist tradition, the priest Kūkai made Zennyo Ryūō appear in 824 AD during a famous rainmaking contest at the Kyoto Imperial Palace .
Sisu Datu, also known by her nickname Sisu, is a fictional anthropomorphic dragon who appears in Walt Disney Animation Studios' 59th animated feature Raya and the Last Dragon (2021). Created by screenwriter Adele Lim , she is voiced by American actress and rapper Awkwafina .
The Azure Dragon is depicted on the flag of the Qing Dynasty. Ao, a mythological tortoise who has a burning shell and cheeks with magma on them. Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East Sea. Azure Dragon, also called Qinglong, a dragon that represents the cardinal point East and Spring.
Alexstrasza, also known as Alexstrasza the Life-Binder, is a major character in the Warcraft franchise created by Blizzard Entertainment.A female red dragon with the power to shapeshift into the form of a High Elf, she is the queen of all dragons and the leader of the organization known as the red dragonflight.