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As a result of this legend, the dragon came to be worshipped as Kuzuryū Daimyōjin (九頭竜大明神, "Great God Nine-Headed Dragon). The expression "send up a white-feathered arrow" has come to mean "choose by lot." The legend continues, saying Mankan saw the dragon reform and change into a Dragon King. He then built a shrine to the dragon.
Two other Japanese examples derive from Buddhist importations of Indian dragon myths. Benzaiten, the Japanese form of Saraswati, supposedly killed a five-headed dragon at Enoshima in 552. Kuzuryū (九頭龍, "nine-headed dragon"), deriving from the nagarajas (snake-kings) Vasuki and Shesha, is worshipped at Togakushi Shrine in Nagano Prefecture.
Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu (九頭龍 冬彦, Kuzuryū Fuyuhiko) Voiced by (English): Derek Stephen Prince (game); [41] Aaron Dismuke (anime) [39] Voiced by (Japanese): Daisuke Kishio [9] [12] A wary student who is the successor of the largest yakuza family in Japan. He threatens violence to anyone who mentions his babyish face.
Dragon City is a 2012 free-to-play social network game developed and published by Socialpoint. First released for Facebook, the game has since been ported to mobile devices and Microsoft Windows. In Dragon City, players collect, breed, and raise dragons, which can then be used to battle other players in both single-player and multiplayer modes ...
The Kuzuryū River flowing beneath Katsuyama Bridge in Fukui. The Kuzuryū River (九頭竜川, Kuzuryū-gawa) is a river flowing through Fukui Prefecture, Japan.It has its source at the Aburasaka Pass (油坂峠 Aburasaka-tōge) in the city of Ōno and empties into the Sea of Japan near the city of Sakai.
Baiyaku Kakebachō Kazuryū (Japanese: 買厄懸場帖 九頭竜, 'Register of Clients of a Medicine Seller: Kazuryū') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shotaro Ishinomori.
The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done! (Japanese: りゅうおうのおしごと!, Hepburn: Ryūō no Oshigoto!, lit."The Ryuo's Work!") is a Japanese light novel series written by Shirow Shiratori and illustrated by Shirabii.
Steve Prince (credited as Derek Stephen Prince until 2024) is an American voice actor who has played the voice of Elgar in the live-action Power Rangers Turbo and Power Rangers in Space series, along with various characters in the Digimon series.