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Wiccan Pagan Dictionary on DRAGON
DRAGON (lung, Chinese, rong, Vietnamese, ryu, Japanese, naga, Sanskrit) - 1. great beneficent being in Far East mythology which guards hidden treasures and heavenly mansions, presides over the weather and bestows rewards on deserving persons; traditionally represented with the horns of a deer, the head of a camel or horse, the eyes of a prawn or devil, the neck of a snake, the belly of a giant clam, the scales of a fish, the claws of an eagle, the feet of a tiger and the ears of a cow; symbol of Heaven, yang, energy, fortune, the Tao, virtue. 2. symbol of the defender of the Dharma in Buddhism. 3. one of an superhuman race of serpents in Hinduism. 4. dreadful beastie in Western mythology, which is forever carrying off maidens or laying waste the countryside, as in the tales of St. George, Perseus, Jason, Siegfried. 5. symbol of wisdom in the hermetic tradition and alchemy. 6. symbol of that which encloses and turns the psyche in on itself. (Joseph Campbell) (NAD)
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