Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia - Taoism
Taoism (sometimes written as Daoism) is the English name for (a) the Chinese folk religion; (b) a family of organized Chinese religious ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - An Instinct For Dragons: Encyclopedia - An Instinct For Dragons
An Instinct for Dragons is a book by University of Central Florida anthropologist David E. Jones, which seeks to explain the apparent uni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zilant: Encyclopedia - Zilant
Zilant is a legendary creature, something between dragon and wyvern, which has been an official symbol of Kazan since 1730. This winged s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China: Encyclopedia - China
China listen ▶ (help·info) (Traditional: 中國; Simplified: 中国; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngguó; Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) refers to a numb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Dragon: Encyclopedia - European Dragon
In European mythology, a dragon is a serpent-like legendary creature. The Latin word draco, as in the constellation Draco, comes directly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dragon: Encyclopedia - Dragon
A dragon is a mythological creature, typically depicted as a large and powerful serpent or other reptile, with magical or spiritual quali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Invisibility: Encyclopedia - Invisibility
Invisibility refers to the state of an object which cannot be seen. An object in this state is said to be invisible (literally, "not visi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zilant: Encyclopedia Ii - Zilant - Nomenclature And Etymology
The word Zilant is the English transcription of Russian Зилант, itself a rendering of Tatar yılan (i.e., "snake", sometimes pronou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China: Encyclopedia Ii - China - Terminology
China - Zhongguo. China is called Zhongguo in Mandarin Chinese (Simplified: 中国, Traditional: 中國; also romanized as Jhongguo or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - European Dragon - Dragons In Germanic Mythology
The most famous dragons in Norse mythology and Germanic mythology, are: Níðhöggr who gnawed at the roots of Yggdrasil; Jörmungandr, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Dragon - Overview
The various figures now called dragons most likely have no single origin, but spontaneously came to be in several different cultures arou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China: Encyclopedia Ii - China - Terminology
China - Zhongguo. China is called Zhongguo in Mandarin Chinese (Simplified: 中国, Traditional: 中國; also romanized as Jhongguo or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - History
Depending on how it is defined, Taoism's origins may be traced to the prehistoric Chinese religion; to the composition of the Daodejing (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tom Holt: Encyclopedia Ii - Tom Holt - Novels
Tom Holt - Humorous fantasy. Expecting Someone Taller (1987) Based on Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen Who's Afraid of Beowulf? (19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Dragon - Overview
The various figures now called dragons most likely have no single origin, but spontaneously came to be in several different cultures arou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Invisibility: Encyclopedia Ii - Invisibility - Invisibility By Magic
Invisibility, usually by magic, is a popular theme in fantasy, mythology and Ceremonial magic. It is often used as a gameplay device in r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Beliefs
Taoism - Religious Taoism. Taoism is not a belief-centered religion, and there are no known Taoist creeds. At the same time, certain ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - European Dragon - Roman Dragons
It it is theorized that western dragons have descended from Roman dragons. Roman dragons evolved from serpentine Greek ones, combined wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - European Dragon - Dragons In Modern Times
The dragon of the modern period is typically depicted as a huge fire-breathing , scaly and horned dinosaur-like creature, with leathery w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - European Dragon - Dragons In Slavic Mythology
Dragons of Slavic mythology hold mixed temperaments towards humans. For example, dragons in Bulgarian mythology are either male or female...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - European Dragon - Dragons In Catalan Mythology
Dragons are well-known in Catalan myths and legends, in no small part because St. George (Catalon Sant Jordi) is the patron saint of Cata...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zilant: Encyclopedia Ii - Zilant - Legends
There are several versions of Zilant legends, sometimes contradicting each other, as are most of the legends related to Kazan. According ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China: Encyclopedia Ii - China - History
China was one of the earliest centers of human civilization. Chinese civilization was also one of the few to invent writing independently...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China: Encyclopedia Ii - China - Chinese Pre-history
Archeological evidence suggests that the earliest occupants in China date as long as 2.24 million to 250,000 years ago by an ancient huma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China: Encyclopedia Ii - China - Political History
Before unification by the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC, "China" did not exist as a coherent entity. The Chinese civilization consisted of a patc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China: Encyclopedia Ii - China - Society
China - Demographics. Over a hundred ethnic groups have existed in China. In terms of numbers, however, the pre-eminent ethnic group in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China: Encyclopedia Ii - China - Society
China - Demographics. Main article: Ethnic groups in Chinese history Over a hundred ethnic groups have existed in China. In terms of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zilant: Encyclopedia Ii - Zilant - Interpretations
The popular historian Lev Gumilyov pointed out in his Ancient Turks that the Kypchaks, being one of the ancestors of modern Tatars, came ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zilant: Encyclopedia Ii - Zilant - Zilantaw In Kazan
Zilantaw Hill (originally Tatar Yılantaw (/jɨlɑntɑw`/ or /ʓɨlɑntɑw`/, Snake mount, also Зилантова гора/Zilantova gor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zilant: Encyclopedia Ii - Zilant - Zilant As A State Symbol
Like Aq Bars, Zilant could have been one of the symbols of Volga Bulgaria prior to the Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria. Some also specu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China: Encyclopedia Ii - China - Territory
China - Historical overview. The Zhou Dynasty, which preceded the unification of China by Shi Huangdi, was originally the region around...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Adherents
The number of "Taoists" is difficult to estimate, partly for definitional reasons (who counts as a Taoist?), and partly for practical one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Taoist Symbols And Images
There are many Symbols and Images that are associated with Taoism. Like in Christianity "Jesus" and the "cross", and in Buddhism the "whe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Practices
Taoism - Religious Taoism. All forms of Chinese traditional religion involve baibai--bowing towards an altar, with a stick of incense i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Deities
Taoism - Religious Taoism. Traditional Chinese religion is determinedly polytheistic. Its deities arranged into a heavenly civil servic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Scriptures
Taoism - Religious Taoism. The Daozang(道藏)(Treasury of Tao) is sometimes referred to as the "Taoist canon." It was compiled during ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Symbols
Many people assume the Taijitu symbol--perhaps together with the Bagua 八卦 ("Eight Trigrams")--to be Taoist symbols. While many Taoist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Relations With Other Religions And Philosophies
The origins of Taoism and Confucianism are intimately related. The authorship of the Daodejing is traditionally assigned to Laozi, a teac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China: Encyclopedia Ii - China - Territory
China - Historical overview. The Zhou Dynasty, which preceded the unification of China by Shi Huangdi, was originally the region around...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China: Encyclopedia Ii - China - History
China was one of the earliest centers of human civilization. Chinese civilization was also one of the few to invent writing independently...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China: Encyclopedia Ii - China - Chinese Pre-history
Archeological evidence suggests that the earliest occupants in China date as long as 2.24 million to 250,000 years ago by an ancient huma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China: Encyclopedia Ii - China - Political History
Before unification by the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC, "China" did not exist as a coherent entity. The Chinese civilization consisted of a patc...   » Read the article