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The great red dragon of the Hayholt, this dragon was eventually turned into the Dragonbone Chair, and was mythically slain by High King Prester John. It killed three kings of the Hayholt. Smaug: The Hobbit: Tolkien [A 1] A greedy and wicked golden-red dragon who slaughtered Thrór's dwarf clan along with the town of Dale and took the dwarves ...
A víbria is a female dragon. Chuvash dragons Věri Şělen: Chuvash dragons are winged fire-breathing and shape shifting dragons, they originate with the ancestral Chuvash people. [4] Celtic dragons Beithir: In Scottish folklore, the beithir is a large snakelike creature or dragon. Depicted with different numbers of limbs, without wings.
The drakaina was a sacred female spirit dragon generally slain only by gods or demigods. Zeus slew Delphyne and Campe, Apollo slew Python, and Argus Panoptes slew Echidna. [citation needed] Echidna was the mate of Typhon and the mother of a huge brood of monsters, including
This is a list of lists of dragons. List of dragons in mythology and folklore. Dragons in Greek mythology; Germanic dragon; Slavic dragon; European dragon; Chinese ...
The word dragon derives from the Greek δράκων (drakōn) and its Latin cognate draco.Ancient Greeks applied the term to large, constricting snakes. [2] The Greek drakōn was far more associated with poisonous spit or breath than the modern Western dragon, though fiery breath is still attested in a few myths.
Gary Gentile, A Time For Dragons (1989), Dragons Past (1990), and No Future For Dragons (1990): Various dragons. Rick Cook , Wizard's Bane (1989), LRD, little red dragon guards the compiler book. Jean Marzollo , Baby Unicorn and Baby Dragon (1989): A young dragon named Moon to match the crescent mark on his head.
Ueki, Masatoshi (2003). "The Story of the Dragon King´s Daughter". In Robin Wang (ed.). Images of women in Chinese thought and culture, writings from the pre-Qin period through the Song dynasty. Indianapolis: Hackett. ISBN 0872206521. The Lotus Sutra and Its Opening and Closing Chapters. Translated by Watson, Burton. Tokyo: Soka Gakkai. 2009.
For this gesture the dragon king was honored with a courtly rank, as was commonly offered to deities." The c. 1212–1215 CE Kojidan "Talks about Ancient Matters" specifies this dragon's name and history. The dragon cave on Mt. Murō is the dwelling place of the Dragon King Zentatsu 善達. This Dragon King previously lived in Sarusawa 猿沢 pond.