Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
He selected which fields to damage, knowing which peasants behaved unkindly to them. A peasant may hire a "counter-Solomonari" (Romanian: contrasolomonar; [16] pl. Contra-Solomonarĭ [17]) [e] to cast spells to divert the dragon-riding Solmomonari. [7] In this version, the type of dragon they rode were the balauri (sing. balaur).
The Scholomance, according to Gerard, was at some unspecified location deep in the mountains, but the dragon (correctly spelled zmeu, [20] though given phonetically in German as ismeju [21]) was stabled underwater in a small mountaintop lake south of Hermannstadt in central Romania (modern Sibiu, Romania, called Nagyszeben in Hungarian). [16]
The sculpture is located near the city of Orșova, in Mehedinți County. It was made between 1994 and 2004, on a rocky outcrop on the river Danube, at the Iron Gates, which form the border between Romania and Serbia. The Dacian king's sculpture is the tallest rock relief in Europe, at 55 m (180 ft) in height and 25 m (82 ft) in width.
The zmeu is described by some as a "dragon", but a dragon that may assume the role of a suitor or a lover of a human female, and in some cases are heroic figures, [5] though in other cases, diabolical. [6] [7]
Huge fossilised ‘sea dragon’ found in UK reservoir. Ancient ichthyosaur unearthed on road route. Remains of flying reptile unearthed at quarry. Related internet links. Dr Dean Lomax.
The folklore of Romania is the collection of traditions of the Romanians. A feature of Romanian culture is the special relationship between folklore and the learned culture, determined by two factors.
Near a bus stop in southern India, a “dragon”-like creature maneuvered through the leaves. Something about the scaly animal caught the attention of nearby scientists.