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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 ...
[d] [15] But God intervened to keep the dragon from growing too weary, lest it plummeted and devour a great part of the earth. [15] A rather different presentation is that Solomonari who normally lived as beggars among the populace would occasionally engage himself for a fee to become the dragon-rider and hail-bringer. He selected which fields ...
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 Romanian folklore, dragons are ridden by weather-controlling wizards called the Solomonari. The type of dragon they ride may be the zmeu [b] [33] or the balaur, depending on the source. [40] [41] The lamia and the hala (explained further below) are also generally perceived as weather dragons or demons.
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 ...
Shelter, food remain sticky. Notable callouts from the inflation print include the shelter index, which rose 4.9% on an unadjusted, annual basis, matching September's increase.
The Slavic god of storms Perun slays his enemy the dragon-god Veles, as does the bogatyr hero Dobrynya Nikitich to the three-headed dragon Zmey. [272] A similar execution is performed by the Armenian god of thunders Vahagn to the dragon Vishap , [ 275 ] by the Romanian knight hero Făt-Frumos to the fire-spitting monster Zmeu , and by the ...
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