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  2. List of dragons in film and television - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. List of dragons in literature - Wikipedia

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    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!

  4. List of dragons in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Magical creatures in Harry Potter - Wikipedia

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  6. List of organisms named after works of fiction - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Qilin - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. List of organisms named after the Harry Potter series

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    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 ...

  9. Chinese dragon - Wikipedia

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    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]