Dragon

A dragon is a mythological creature, typically depicted as a large and powerful serpent or other reptile, with magical or spiritual qualities. Dragon - Overview. The various figures now called dragons most likely have no single origin, but spontaneously came to be in several different cultures around the world, based loosely on the appearance of a snake and possibly fossilized dinosaur and Tertiary mammal megafauna remains. Chinese dragons (among others) are generally seen as benevolent, whereas Euro ...

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Dragon: Encyclopedia II - List of Dragons in Dragon Booster - Well-known Dragons List of Dragons in Dragon Booster - Beau. Being the dragon of legend, Beau is the most powerful dragon in all of Dragon City and is given immense respect. He is a magnificent dragon and his power knows no bounds. To ride Beau you must show great talent, good skills, nice manners, moral fibre, bravery and courage, at least according to Parmen (this, however, seems debatable; Artha shows only a few of these skills). If any of those tale ...

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Dragon: Encyclopedia - Dragon's mouth

Arethusa bulbosa, or dragons mouth, is the only species in the orchid genus Arethusa. The genus is named after a naiad of Greek mythology. This terrestrial and very rare orchid occurs in the temperate regions of North America, mainly in Eastern Canada and Eastern USA. It occurs in bogs, swamps and other lowland humid places. It grows to a height of 15 cm. It forms a large, single, pink terminal flower, ...

Dragon: Encyclopedia - Slavic dragon

In Slavic mythology, European dragons have their peculiarities. A dragon is called zmey in Russian, zmiy in Old Church Slavonic, zmaj in several Southern Slavic languages. Most of these words are masculine forms of the Slavic word for "snake". In Romania, there is a similar figure, derived from the Slavic dragon and named zmeu. In Polish and Belarussian culture there is a unique word smok, which comes from the Indo-Iranian word for "swallow"[1]. Slavic dragon - East Slavic. In Ru ...

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Dragon: Encyclopedia - Bearded Dragon

The Central or Inland Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps) is a type of agamid lizard found in the desert regions of Australia. Of the several species of the Pogona genus, P. vitticeps is the most commonly seen breed in pet stores. Bearded Dragon - Care in captivity. Bearded Dragons make good pets. They are naturally tame, so they do not run away when picked up. In the wild, people have said that they have literally walked up to a wild Bearded Dragon and picked it up. Bearde ...

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Bearded Dragon - Care in captivity

Dragon: Encyclopedia - Waking the Dragons

The Waking the Dragons (Doma (ドーマ Dōma) in the original version) saga is another season of the second series Yu-Gi-Oh! TV show (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters) not present in the original manga. The Virtual Realm and the KC Grand Prix are the other two parts not in the manga. Most of the information that appears in the continuation of this article is not according to the Japanese version. This story focuses on the Doma (often times read incorrectly as "Doom") Organization, which was never named in the Engli ...

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Waking the Dragons - Doma's Three Swordsmen and the Three Legendary Dragons

Waking the Dragons - Conquering Darkness

Dragon: Encyclopedia - Chinese dragon

The Chinese dragon (龍; pinyin: lóng; Cantonese: loong; Hokkien: leng; Japanese: ryū; Korean: yong; Vietnamese: long) is a mythical creature. Long a potent symbol of auspicious power in Chinese folklore and art, it is the embodiment of the concept of yang and associated with the weather and water as the bringer of rain. The dragon is sometimes viewed in the West as a national emblem of China. However, this usage within both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China on Taiwan is extremely rare, both because the dragon ...

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Dragon: Encyclopedia - Bel and the Dragon

The tale of Bel and the Dragon forms chapter 14 of the Book of Daniel. It is dated to the late 2nd century BC and accounted apocryphal in Protestant Bibles. The chapter is formed of three independent narratives, which place the culture-hero Daniel at the court of Cyrus, king of the Persians: "When King Astyages was laid to rest with his ancestors, Cyrus the Persian succeeded to his kingdom." There Daniel "was a companion of the k ...

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Bel and the Dragon - External link

Dragon: Encyclopedia - Dragons in Greek mythology

Dragons play a role in Greek mythology. Dragons in Greek mythology - Ladon. Ladon was a dragon-like beast that was slain by Hercules as a part of the requests of Eyrystheus. He is the hundred-headed dragon that guarded the garden of the Hesperides. He is variously described as the offspring of Phorcys or of Typhon and Echidna. It was said that his heads spoke with a multitude of voices in many languages. Dragons in Greek mythology - Python. Main artic ...

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Dragon: Encyclopedia - Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D, DnD, or AD&D for the advanced edition) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) published by Wizards of the Coast. The original Dungeons & Dragons, designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, was first published in January 1974 by Gygax's company, Tactical Studies Rules (TSR). Originally derived from tabletop wargames, this publication is generally regarded as the beginning of modern role-playing games and, by extension, t ...

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Dungeons & Dragons - Play overview

Dungeons & Dragons - Game History

Dungeons & Dragons - Related products

Dragon: Encyclopedia - Black Dragon Society

The Black Dragon Society (黒竜会, kokuryūkai?) was a prominent paramilitary, ultra-nationalist right-wing group in Japan. Its name is derived from the Amur River, cal ...

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Black Dragon Society - External references

Dragon: Encyclopedia II - Dragon Dungeons & Dragons - Dragon biology

D&D dragons are able to eat almost everything, but each race have a preferred diet (some prefer flesh, other prefer to eat precious metals or gems, and so forth). Dragons are inherently magical beings, but in no case should dragons be considered reptiles, despite of obvious similarities such as reproduction by laying eggs. In fact, Dragons are more akin to feline creatures than reptiles. A good example of this is the placement of the legs: Reptiles have their legs placed on the sides of their ...

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