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Harry Potter series: 2001-2011: Wyvern: No: Norbert(a) was initially mistaken as a male in Sorcerer's Stone, Hungarian Horntail is encountered by Harry Potter in Goblet of Fire, Ukrainian Ironbelly is freed from Gringotts bank in Deathly Hallows Part 2: Olly: Stanley's Dragon: 1994: European: No: Orochi: Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon: 1994 ...
R. A. MacAvoy, Tea with the Black Dragon (1983) and Twisting the Rope (1986): Mayland Long, who used to be a Chinese dragon. Alan Dean Foster, Spellsinger series (1983–1994): Falameezar-aziz-Sulmonmee, a friendly Marxist dragon. Terry Pratchett, Discworld novels (1983), notably The Colour of Magic (1983) and Guards! Guards!
A dragon who battles with and is slain by Beowulf. Niner The Eyes of The Dragon: Stephen King: A dragon slain by King Roland, ruler of Delain, the head of which hangs as a trophy in the King's study. Through a secret passageway, one can peer through the eyes of the dragon head and into the King's quarters. Norberta: Harry Potter and the ...
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"This species is named after Harry Lime, Welles' character in Carol Reed's movie The Third Man (1949). Calx is a Latin noun in apposition meaning 'lime' (that is, the mineral)." Orsonwelles falstaffius Hormiga, 2002: Spider: John Falstaff, Chimes at Midnight: Orsonwelles iudicium Hormiga, 2002: Spider: The Trial: Iudicium means 'trial' in Latin.
The qilin (English: / tʃ i ˈ l ɪ n / chee-LIN; Chinese: 麒麟) is a legendary hooved chimerical creature that appears in Chinese mythology, and is said to appear with the imminent arrival or death of a sage or illustrious ruler. [1] Qilin are a specific type of the lin mythological family of one-horned beasts. The qilin also appears in the ...
The skeleton of Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis. Prior to being reclassified into the Pachycephalosaurus genus, the assigned species name, Dracorex hogwartsia, translates to "the Dragon-King of Hogwarts" Newly created taxonomic names in biological nomenclature often reflect the discoverer's interests or honour those the discoverer holds in esteem. This is a list of real organisms with ...
The ancient Chinese self-identified as "the gods of the dragon" because the Chinese dragon is an imagined reptile that represents evolution from the ancestors and qi energy. [10] Dragon-like motifs of a zoomorphic composition in reddish-brown stone have been found at the Chahai site (Liaoning) in the Xinglongwa culture (6200–5400 BC). [2]