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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.
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]
Skeletal reconstruction showing known remains in white. The first small bones belonging to Balaur bondoc consisted of six elements of the front limbs. Named specimens FGGUB R. 1580–1585, these were discovered in 1997 in Romania by Dan Grigorescu, but the morphology of the arm was so unusual that scientists could not correctly combine them, [6] [7] mistaking them for the remains of an ...
The Scholomance, according to Gerard, was at some unspecified location deep in the mountains, but the dragon (correctly spelled zmeu, [20] though given phonetically in German as ismeju [21]) was stabled underwater in a small mountaintop lake south of Hermannstadt in central Romania (modern Sibiu, Romania, called Nagyszeben in Hungarian). [16]
NO. 34: SPIKY FOREST CREATURE — ‘A MINIATURE DRAGON’ — FOUND IN CHINA. IT’S A NEW SPECIES. The scaly animal was discovered hiding in a rocky crevice. Take a look. ...
From 8-eyed spiders to a new species resembling a “miniature dragon.”
The zmeu is described by some as a "dragon", but a dragon that may assume the role of a suitor or a lover of a human female, and in some cases are heroic figures, [5] though in other cases, diabolical. [6] [7]
Huge fossilised ‘sea dragon’ found in UK reservoir. Ancient ichthyosaur unearthed on road route. Remains of flying reptile unearthed at quarry. Related internet links. Dr Dean Lomax.