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The Zmeu (plural: zmei, feminine: zmeoaică / zmeoaice) is a fantastic creature of Romanian folklore and Romanian mythology. Though referred by some sources as a dragon, the zmeu is nevertheless distinct, because it usually has clear anthropomorphic traits: it is humanoid and has legs, arms, the ability to create and use artifacts such as ...
In this version, the type of dragon they rode were the balauri (sing. balaur). [18] [19] This dragon can be brought out of a bottomlessly deep lake by using "golden reins" or bridle (German: ein goldene Zaum"; Romanian: un frâu de aur), and the wizard and dragon would create storms or bring down hail. [19] [20]
A dragon sculpture in Romania. A balaur (pl. balauri) in Romanian folklore is a type of many-headed dragon or monstrous serpent, sometimes said to be equipped with wings. The number of heads is usually around three, but they can also have seven heads or even twelve heads according to some legends.
The Encyclopedia of Dragons (Romanian: Enciclopedia zmeilor) is a 2002 book by the Romanian writer Mircea Cărtărescu, with illustrations by Tudor Banus.It focuses on dragons in Romanian folklore, and includes ten short stories about dragons.
The line of the Drăculești began with Vlad II, the Dragon, son of one of the most important rulers of the Basarab dynasty, Mircea the Elder.According to some historians, the name Drăculești is derived from the membership of Vlad II, Dracul (in Old Romanian and related languages, drac meant "dragon") in the Order of the Dragon (founded in 1408 A.D.). [2]
Chuvash dragons are winged fire-breathing and shape shifting dragons, they originate with the ancestral Chuvash people. [4] Celtic dragons Beithir: In Scottish folklore, the beithir is a large snakelike creature or dragon. Depicted with different numbers of limbs, without wings. Instead of fiery breath, Beithir was often associated with lightning.
The dragon is a common motif in heraldry, and the coat of arms of a number of cities or families depict dragons. The Dragon Bridge (Slovene: Zmajski most) in Ljubljana, Slovenia depicts dragons associated with the city or said to be the city's guardians, [83] and the city's coat of arms features a dragon (representing the one slain by Kresnik ...
[b] [7] The myth reappears in the late romantic literature, in poems such as Călin (file de poveste) (Călin (story pages)) and Luceafărul (The Evening Star) (1884) by Romanian poet Mihai Eminescu. The zburător (sburător [ 8 ] ) myth became one of the four fundamental myths in Romanian folk poetry according to the framework of George ...