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 - 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 - 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 - Slavic 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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Dragon: Encyclopedia - Chinese Dragon
The Chinese dragon (龍; pinyin: lóng; Cantonese: loong; Hokkien: leng; Japanese: ryū; Korean: yong; Vietnamese: long) is a mythical cr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wyvern: Encyclopedia - Wyvern
A wyvern (or wivern) is a winged reptilian legendary creature often found in medieval heraldry where the usual blazon is statant (standi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Griffin: Encyclopedia - Griffin
The griffin (also spelled gryphon, gryphen, griffon, griffen, or gryphin) is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veles God: Encyclopedia - Veles God
Veles, Volos, Weles, or Voloh is a major Slavic god of earth, waters and Underworld, associated with dragons, cattle, magic, musicians, w...   » 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 - 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 - Newport Gwent Dragons: Encyclopedia Ii - Newport Gwent Dragons - Statistics
Newport Gwent Dragons - Celtic League. Newport Gwent Dragons - Celtic League Cup. Newport Gwent Dragons - European Rugby Cup. ......   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newport Gwent Dragons: Encyclopedia Ii - Newport Gwent Dragons - Club History
The club came into being in the summer of 2003 when the WRU controversially elected to reduce the current top tier of Welsh professional ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Dragon - East Slavic
In Russia and Ukraine, a particular dragon-like creature, Zmey Gorynych, has three heads, is green, walks on two back paws, has small fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Dragon - Cultural Significance
Chinese dragon - Number nine. The number nine is considered lucky in China and Chinese dragons are frequently connected with it. For ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Dragon - East Slavic
In Russia and Ukraine, a particular dragon-like creature, Zmey Gorynych, has three heads, is green, walks on two back paws, has small fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Komodo Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Komodo Dragon - Media
Videos of the Varanus komodoensis at Disney's Animal Kingdom ... See also:Komodo dragon, Komodo dragon - Media, Komodo dragon - Refere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Dragon - Forms Of The Dragon
Chinese dragon - Pig dragon. It has been speculated that the pig dragon is the first representation of the Chinese dragon. For an examp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Dragon - Legends Associated With The Dragon
Chinese dragon - Legend of the Yellow Emperor. Some scholars report the first emperor of China Huang Di (Yellow Emperor) used a snake f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Dragon - Legend Of The Yellow Emperor
Some scholars report that the Huang Di (Yellow Emperor) used a snake for his coat of arms. Every time he conquered another tribe, he inco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jörmungandr: Encyclopedia Ii - Jörmungandr - Stories
There are three known stories detailing their encounters: Jörmungandr - Lifting the cat. In one, Thor encounters the serpent disguised...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Dragon - Dragon Toes
Chinese or Korean Imperial dragons have five toes on each foot; Indonesian dragons have four and Japanese dragons have three. To explain ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Dragon - Dragons And Water
Chinese dragons are strongly associated with water in popular belief. They are believed to be the rulers of moving bodies of water, such ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Harry Potter Beasts: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Harry Potter Beasts - Lethifold
A Lethifold is a fictional animal in the Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling. In appearance it is similar to a black cloak approxima...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Dragon - Symbol Of The Emperor
The dragon was a symbol for the emperor in many Chinese dynasties. The imperial throne was called the dragon throne. During the late Qing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Harry Potter Beasts: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Harry Potter Beasts - Bowtruckle
Bowtruckles are little wooden men that live in trees, most likely trees used for wands. They feed on wood lice and fairy eggs. They seem ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Dragon - Number Nine
The number nine is considered lucky in China and Chinese dragons are frequently connected with it. For example, a Chinese dragon is norma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Harry Potter Beasts: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Harry Potter Beasts - Doxy
Doxies are mentioned several times throughout Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as they inhabit Grimmauld Place. Molly Weasley an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Harry Potter Beasts: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Harry Potter Beasts - Fire Crab
Fire Crabs are a species of magical animal in the fictional Harry Potter universe. The name is deceptive- Fire Crabs resemble Giant Torto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Harry Potter Beasts: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Harry Potter Beasts - Flobberworm
A Flobberworm is an extremely dull creature which appears in the fictional Harry Potter books. They are rather plain in appearance, thick...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Harry Potter Beasts: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Harry Potter Beasts - Grindylow
The grindylow or grundylow is a water demon from the folklore of Yorkshire. It was not created by JK Rowling, despite the worldwide fame ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jörmungandr: Encyclopedia Ii - Jörmungandr - Sources
The major sources for myths about Jörmungandr are the Prose Edda, Húsdrápa, Hymiskviða and Völuspá. Less important sources include ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Harry Potter Beasts: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Harry Potter Beasts - Kneazle
Kneazles are fictional magical cat-like creatures close enough relatives to cats to interbreed with them. A kneazle has large ears, spott...   » 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 - Minor Harry Potter Beasts: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Harry Potter Beasts - Nundu
The Nundu is a fictional creature created by J.K. Rowling for the Harry Potter series of books. It is native to eastern Africa and resemb...   » 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 - Minor Harry Potter Beasts: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Harry Potter Beasts - Puffskein
A Puffskein is covered in soft, custard-coloured fur and spherical in shape. It is a popular pet that does not object to being cuddled or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Harry Potter Beasts: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Harry Potter Beasts - Thestral
The thestral is a reptilian winged horse, invisible to anyone who has not seen and accepted death. Forming colonies usually in dense magi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Harry Potter Beasts: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Harry Potter Beasts - Acromantula
The Acromantula takes the form of a massive poisonous spider. Acromantulas are covered in thick black hair; they have legspans of up to f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Harry Potter Beasts: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Harry Potter Beasts - Blast-ended Skrewt
A Blast-Ended Skrewt is a creature that Rubeus Hagrid, in his capacity as the Care of Magical Creatures professor, misguidedly introduced...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Harry Potter Beasts: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Harry Potter Beasts - Ashwinder
The Ashwinder looks like a pale-grey serpent with glowing red eyes. It is created when a "magical fire" is allowed to burn unchecked for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veles God: Encyclopedia Ii - Veles God - Enemy Of Perun And Storm Myth
The Russian philologists Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov and Vladimir Toporov reconstructed the mythical battle of Perun and Veles throug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Earthsea: Encyclopedia Ii - Earthsea - History
Earthsea - Prehistory. The Creation of Éa is a 31-stanza poem, the oldest part of Earthsea's oral tradition. It describes how Segoy ra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jersey Devil: Encyclopedia Ii - Jersey Devil - Encounters
The first reports of the New Jersey Devil date back to the time of the Native Americans. The Lenni Lenape tribes called the Pine Barrens ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oestriminis: Encyclopedia Ii - Oestriminis - The Expulsion Of The Oestrimni
The invasion of serpents recalled by Avienus is probably related to the Saephe or Ophis ("People of the Serpents") and the Dragani ("Peop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sigurd: Encyclopedia Ii - Sigurd - Adaptations And Parallels Of The Sigurd Legend
were the elements of this story used by J.R.R. Tolkien in The Hobbit (the story of the cursed golden ring and the dwarven gold), as well ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aer Lingus: Encyclopedia Ii - Aer Lingus - History
Aer Lingus - Early years. Aer Lingus Teoranta was registered as an airline on May 22, 1936. The name, Aer Lingus is an anglicisation of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reg Gasnier: Encyclopedia Ii - Reg Gasnier - International
At the end of the 1960 season Gasnier toured England with the Kangaroo's with his highlight being scoring three tries in one game against...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dark Elf: Encyclopedia Ii - Dark Elf - Dark Elves In Fiction
Inspired largely by the preceding indigenous European folklore, dark elves are a common element, although usually very highly embellished...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Uppercut
The uppercut, is a punch used in boxing that usually aims at the opponent's chin. It is, along with the hook, one of the two main punches...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Uppercut
The uppercut, is a punch used in boxing that usually aims at the opponent's chin. It is, along with the hook, one of the two main punches...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur - History Of Discovery
Dinosaur fossils have been known of for millennia, although their true nature was not recognized; the Chinese considered them to be drago...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Headbutt
An attack where a wrestler uses his head to strike a part of the opponent's body, usually the head or skull, to daze him. Unlike a legiti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - High Knee
An attack in which a wrestler will charge towards towards their opponent, then raise their knee or jump up so that their knee would hit t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Kicks
In violence, martial arts and sports, a kick is an attack using the foot, knee or leg to strike any part of the opponent's body particula...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Lariat
Lariat is another name for a lasso and is referred to in wrestling when an attacking wrestler runs towards an opponent, wraps his arm aro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Palm Strike
The attacker delivers and open hand strike with the palm of their hand, usually to the chin of the opponent. Notable users include: Jushi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Senton
Similar to a big splash, the attacker will jumb over an opponent while falling backwards to land back-first on the opponent. Notable user...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Shining Wizard
A jumping strike to the side of the opponent's head, with either the side of the knee or the shin, delivered to an opponent who is down o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Shoulder Block
A shoulder block is when an opponent usually runs towards the opponent and rams their shoulder into their victim's shoulder or abdomen. "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Double Axe Handle
Also known as a Double Sledge, or Polish Hammer, this attack sees the wrestler clasp both his hands together, and swing them at a victim,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Big Splash
A big splash involves a wrestler jumping forward and landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below. This move is mai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Chops
Professional wrestling attacks - Backhand chop. The act of a wrestler to 'slap' the chest of his opponent, using the back of his hand. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Clothesline
A move in which one wrestler runs towards another and extends his/her arm out from the side of the body and parallel to the ground, knock...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Drops
Drops are moves in which wrestlers jump or fall down onto a person on the floor, landing with a specific part of the body Professional w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Double Axe Handle
Also known as a Double Sledge, or Polish Hammer, this attack sees the wrestler clasp both his hands together, and swing them at a victim,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Big Splash
A big splash involves a wrestler jumping forward and landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below. This move is mai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Chops
Professional wrestling attacks - Backhand chop. The act of a wrestler to 'slap' the chest of his opponent, using the back of his hand. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Clothesline
A move in which one wrestler runs towards another and extends his/her arm out from the side of the body and parallel to the ground, knock...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Drops
Drops are moves in which wrestlers jump or fall down onto a person on the floor, landing with a specific part of the body Professional w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Headbutt
An attack where a wrestler uses his head to strike a part of the opponent's body, usually the head or skull, to daze him. Unlike a legiti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - High Knee
An attack in which a wrestler will charge towards towards their opponent, then raise their knee or jump up so that their knee would hit t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Illegal Attacks
Illegal attacks are mainly used by heel wrestlers and are usually an offense punishable by disqualification, though typically done when t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Kicks
In violence, martial arts and sports, a kick is an attack using the foot, knee or leg to strike any part of the opponent's body particula...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Lariat
Lariat is another name for a lasso and is referred to in wrestling when an attacking wrestler runs towards an opponent, wraps his arm aro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Palm Strike
The attacker delivers and open hand strike with the palm of their hand, usually to the chin of the opponent. Notable users include: Jushi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Senton
Similar to a big splash, the attacker will jump over an opponent while falling backwards to land back-first on the opponent. Notable user...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Shining Wizard
A jumping strike to the side of the opponent's head, with either the side of the knee or the shin, delivered to an opponent who is down o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Shoulder Block
A shoulder block is when an opponent usually runs towards the opponent and rams their shoulder into their victim's shoulder or abdomen. "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quest For Glory: Encyclopedia Ii - Quest For Glory - Games
The series consisted of five games, each of which followed directly upon the events of the last. Previous entries in the series were freq...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quest For Glory: Encyclopedia Ii - Quest For Glory - Games
The series consisted of five games, each of which followed directly upon the events of the last. Previous entries in the series were freq...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Romanian Language - Contacts With Other Languages
Romanian language - Dacian language. The Dacian language was an Indo-European language spoken by the ancient Dacians. It may have been ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ambrosia: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ambrosia
Ambrosia (Greek) (from ambrotos immortal from a not + mortos or brotos mortal; cf Sanskrit amrita from a not + the verbal root mri to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e: Encyclopedia Ii - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e - Dragon
The Dragon is featured in all of the Final Fantasy games in the main series as well as most spin-offs and related material. Final Fant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Transition Moves
Some moves are meant neither to pin an opponent, nor weaken them or force them to submit, but are intended to set up the victim for anoth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Illegal Attacks
Illegal attacks are mainly used by heel wrestlers and are usually an offense punishable by disqualification, though typically done when t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professional Wrestling Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Attacks - Transition Moves
Some moves are meant neither to pin an opponent, nor weaken them or force them to submit, but are intended to set up the victim for anoth...   » 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 - Earthsea: Encyclopedia Ii - Earthsea - Dragons
The dragons usually keep to themselves, but sometimes they attack inhabited islands and must be driven back by wizards. In the first book...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dragon Rouge: Encyclopedia Ii - Dragon Rouge - Dragon Rouge
Dragon Rouge, or Ordo Draconis et Atri Adamantis, is a magical order which was founded on New Year's Eve 1989-1990 in Sweden. By now, it ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Earthsea: Encyclopedia Ii - Earthsea - Dragons
The dragons usually keep to themselves, but sometimes they attack inhabited islands and must be driven back by wizards. In the first book...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dragon Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Dragon Boat - Dragon Boat Racing As A Modern Sport
Modern dragon boat racing is organised at an international level by the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF), and divided into two...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint George: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint George - The Legend Of George And The Dragon
It should be noted that the tale found its place in the folk religion of several regions of Europe and Asia Minor so accounts may vary ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2004-5 Heineken Cup: Encyclopedia Ii - 2004-5 Heineken Cup - Pool 5
2004-5 Heineken Cup - Fixtures. Fri 22 Oct Perpignan 23-0 Edinburgh Sat 23 Oct Dragons 6-10 Falcons Sun 31 Oct Edinburgh 13-17 Dragons ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dragon 32/64: Encyclopedia Ii - Dragon 32/64 - Product History
In the early 1980s, the British home computer market was booming. New machines were released almost monthly. In August 1982, Dragon Data ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fauna Of Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Fauna Of Discworld - Dragons
Dragons are a genus of reptiles which apparently evolved on the Disc's Moon. Fauna of Discworld - Draco lunaris. Possibly the original ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Koichi Sugiyama: Encyclopedia Ii - Koichi Sugiyama - Biography
Koichi Sugiyama was born in Tokyo, Japan. While he was growing up, Sugiyama’s home was filled with music which ultimately inspired his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dragon Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Dragon Boat - History And Culture Of Dragon Boat Racing
The use of dragon boats for racing and dragons are believed by modern scholars, sinologists and anthropologists to have originated in sou...   » 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 - 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 - 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