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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.
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.
Dragon of Hayk: Symbol of Hayk Nahapet and Haykaznuni dynasty in Armenia. Usually depicted as seven-headed serpent. Levantine dragons Yam: The god of the sea in the Canaanite pantheon from Levantine mythology. Lotan: A demonic dragon reigning the waters, a servant of the sea god Yam defeated by the storm god Hadad-Baʿal in the Ugaritic Baal Cycle.
The etymology of the word blajin (adj.) is the Slavonian blažĕnŭ meaning 'kind, well-minding person'. [3] According to Christian calendar, Romanians from Banat, Transylvania, Bucovina and Maramureș counties celebrate Easter of Blajini on first Monday after St. Thomas Sunday. Easter of Blajini is called also Easter of Deaths or Mighty Easter.
One of the first decisions we make for our children is also the hardest: choosing a name. There are many different ways to choose a baby name.The TODAY anchors have mined their family trees ...
According to Romanian historian Ion I. Russu , there are supposedly over 160 Romanian words of Dacian origin, representing, together with derivates, 10% of the basic Romanian vocabulary. [1] Below is a list of Romanian words believed by early scholars to be of Dacian origin, which have also been attributed to other origins. The list does not ...
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.