Dragon Legend (Dragon Realm)

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Emperors in ancient China were identified as the sons of dragons. And, at that time, ordinary people were not allowed to have items with pictures of dragons on them. The Christian church created legends of righteous and godly saints battling and vanquishing Satan in the form of dragons. The most celebrated of these was St. George the Dragon Slayer, who in legend comes upon a town threatened by a terrible dragon, according to English Heritage. He rescues a fair maiden, protects himself with the sign of the cross and slays the beast. The town's citizens, impressed by St. George's feat of faith and bravery, immediately convert to Christianity. The word tarasca has entered the Spanish vocabulary in the sense of an ill-natured woman, [110] or a "hussy". [117] A 19th-century dictionary defines the tarasca as a "crooked, ugly, lewd, and impudent woman", [118] and the word is known to have been used in the sense of "ugly old woman" in the 16th century. [119] Theories [ edit ] Celtic origin hypothesis [ edit ] Tarasque de Noves, dated to 3rd to 1st century B.C. [120] In Japan, dragon legends are heavily intertwined with Chinese dragons, even using Chinese loanwords for dragon names. It is believed that Buddhist monks from across Asia transmitted dragon and snake legends from Buddhist and Hindu mythology to Japan, although there are some examples of indigenous dragons described in ancient texts such as the Kojiki and Nihongi. Fournier, Laurent-Sébastien (2013), Bendix, Regina; Eggert, Aditya; Peselmann, Arnika (eds.), "Intangible Cultural Heritage in France: From State Culture to Local Development", Heritage Regimes and the State (2nd rev.ed.), Universitätsverlag Göttingen, pp.327–340, ISBN 9783863951221

Catalan dragons are serpent-like creatures with two legs (rarely four) and, sometimes, a pair of wings. Their faces can resemble that of other animals, like lions or cattle. They have a burning breath. Their breath is also poisonous, the reason by which dracs are able to rot everything with their stench. A víbria is a female dragon. Armit, Ian (2012). Headhunting and the Body in Iron Age Europe. Cambridge University Press. p.213. ISBN 9780521877565. Gervase of Tilbury (2006). Gerner, Dominique; Pignatelli, Cinzia (eds.). Les traductions françaises des Otia imperialia de Gervais de Tilbury par Jean d'Antioche et Jean de Vignay. Droz. p.470, note to 15 to Ch. CLXXXV. ISBN 9782600009164.The tarasque has tough "flanks" like shields according to Stace's modern rendering, [12] which Caxton translate as sturdy "wings". [22]

Onachus/onacho ( Latin: onacho) is read "bonacho" and given other spellings as well in variant texts. [14] [15] Caxton's translation also gives "Bonacho". [16] Bignor Hill dragon, there is a brief mention of a dragon on Bignor Hill south of the village of Bignor near the famous Roman Villa, apparently "A large dragon had its den on Bignor Hill, and marks of its folds were to be seen on the hill". Similar legends have been told of ridges around other hills, such as at Wormhill in Derbyshire.The Turkish dragon secretes flames from its tail, and there is no mention in any legends of its having wings, or even legs. Qiuniu (囚牛 Qiúniú /chyoh-nyoh/) — yellow scaly dragon, likes and excels in music; often adorns musical instruments The Spanish version is tinged with misogynistic elements, or rather repudiations against biblical and historical temptresses, with statues and statuettes of such female figures (called " tarasquillas" [113]) surmounted on top of the tarasca dragon. [114] The figure atop the Granada dragon is a life-size doll resembling a retail store mannequin, and the tiny blonde-hair figurine set atop the papier-mâché tarasca of Toledo is supposed to represent Anne Boleyn. [115] Joseph A Williams, What Dragons Look Like Around The World, Grunge 2021, https://www.grunge.com/462238/what-dragons-look-like-around-the-world/ Salomon, Richard G. (January–June 1962), "Aftermath to Opicinus de Canistris Saint Martha and the Dragon", Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 25: 137–146, doi: 10.2307/750550, JSTOR 750550