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Indian dragons
Nga
Indonesian/Malay
Naga or Nogo
dragon
Ry
Japanese dragon
Neak
Khmer Dragon
The Khmer dragon, or neak is derived from the Indian nga. Like
its Indian counterpart, the neak is often depicted with cobra like
characteristics such as a hood. The number of heads can be as high
as nine, the higher the number the higher the rank. Odd-headed
dragons are symbolic of male energy while even headed dragons
symbolize female energy. Traditionally, a neak is distinguished
from the often serpentine Makar and Tao, the former possessing
crocodilian traits and the latter possessing feline traits. A dragon
princess is the heroine of the creation myth of Cambodia.
Korean dragon
Philippine
Dragon
Yong (Mireu)
A sky dragon, essentially the same as the Chinese lng. Like the
lng, yong and the other Korean dragons are associated with water
and weather. In pure Korean, it is also known as 'mireu'.
Imoogi
Gyo
Bakunawa
Vietnamese
dragon
European dragons
Catalan dragon
drac
Dragon
French dragons
type of cavalry.
Lindworm
Scandinavian &
Germanic
dragons
Wyvern
The Bisterne
Dragon
The New Forest folktale states that the dragon lived in Burley,
Hampshire, and terrorised the village of Bisterne. It was finally
killed in Lyndhurst, Hampshire by Sir Maurice de Berkeley and its
body turned into a hill called Boltons Bench. Though the knight
survived, the trauma of the battle drove him mad, and soon after
he returned to the hill to die, his corpse becoming a yew tree.
Blue Ben
The Lambton
Worm
The legend says that it curled around Worm Hill near Fatfield in
northeast England, would eat livestock and children, and was
killed during the time of the Crusades by a Sir John Lambton.
English dragons
Y Ddraig Goch
Welsh dragons
Hungarian
dragon
Zomok
srkny
Slavic dragons
Smok Wawelski
from Sebastian
Mnster's
Cosmographie
Universalis,
1544
Siberian dragon
Yilbegn
Romanian
dragons
Balaur, Zburator
Balaur are very similar to the Slavic zmey: very large, with fins
and multiple heads.
Asturian and
Culebre
Leonese dragons
Bolla
Albanian
Dragons
Kulshedra
Dreq
Portuguese
dragons
Coca
Greek dragons
Tatar dragons
Turkish dragons
Ejderha or Evren
The Turkish dragon secretes flames from its tail, and there is no
mention in any legends of its having wings, or even legs. In fact,
most Turkish (and later Islamic) sources describe dragons as
gigantic snakes.
Lithuanian
Dragons
Slibinas
Zirnitra, dragon-god in Wendish mythology. It was later used in the Royal Danish heraldry as a
representation of Wendland
Zmey Gorynych The dragon of the Slavic mythology. Its name is translated as "Snake son-ofmountain" (due to the fact it lives in a mountain), it has three heads, wings, and it spits fire.
The Amaru Dragon or (Chimera) of Inca Mythology. It had a llama's head, fox's mouth, condor
wings, snake's body, fish's tail and dragon scales.
The unnamed five-headed dragon subdued by the Buddhist goddess Benzaiten at Enoshima in Japan in
A.D. 552
The unnamed dragon (referred to by the Saxon draca and wyrm) defeated by Beowulf and Wiglaf in
the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf.
The unnamed dragon defeated by Saint George.
See also
Dragons in Greek mythology
European dragon
Chinese dragon
List of dragons in literature
List of dragons in popular culture
List of fictional dinosaurs
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