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Dragon

A dragon is a mythical creature found in the folklore of cultures throughout the world. It is roughly serpentine in form, and often possesses features drawn from different animals, such as wings and claws. In nearly all cultures, it is conceived of as a powerful and awe-inspiring creature.

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Etymology

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Africa

West Asia

East Asia

South Asia

Europe

Modern depictions

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Dragon

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related to Ancient Greece · 47
Dragon → According, Accounts, Agamemnon, Apollo, Apollonius, Argonautica, BC, Bibliotheka, Boeotian, Cancer, Delphi, During, Eleventh Labor, Euripides, For, Garden, Greek, Hera, Heracles, Heracles's
related to Theorised origins · 43
Dragon → Albanian, An Instinct, Apep, Aztec, Aži Dahaka, Beowulf, David, Draconic, Dragons, Egyptian, Fafnir, Famous, France, Grand'Goule, Greek, He, Hebrew Bible, In, Indo-European, Jones
related to Modern depictions · 40
Dragon → Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders, As, Carroll, Carroll's, Christopher Paolini's The Inheritance, Cycle, Denis Diderot, Dragons, Dungeons, Fire, George, Harry Potter, Ice, In, In Lewis Carroll's, Indeed, Jabberwock, John Tenniel, Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle, Looking-Glass
related to Mesopotamia · 32
Dragon → Adad, Akkadian, Akkadian Period, Ancient, Another, Ashur, Assyrian, Babylonian, BC, Hadad, Hellenistic Period, Hurrian, In Sumerian, Ishkur, It, Marduk, Mesopotamian, Nabu, Near East, Neo-Assyrian Period
related to Japan · 31
Dragon → Benten, Buddhist, Bômô, China, Edo, Gould, Handaka, He, In, It, Japanese, Japanese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist, Ki, Kwannon, Like, Minamoto, Mitsunaka, Nitta Yoshisada, Ogonchô
related to Post-classical · 30
Dragon → Anglo-Saxons, Antioch, Bible, Book, Diocletianic Persecution, Dragons, England's, Europe, European, Geoffrey, Golden Legend, Graeco-Roman, Historia Regum Britanniae, In, Latin, Merlin, Middle Ages, Monmouth, Near Eastern, Revelation
related to Egypt · 29
Dragon → AD, Afterlife, Amduat, Apep, Apep's, Apophis, BC, Book, Codex Marcianus, Denwen, Duat, Egyptian, Gnostic, Gnostic Christians, He, In, In Egyptian, Many-Faced, Nehebkau, Pharaoh
related to Korea · 29
Dragon → And, And King Munmu, As, China, Chinese, Cintamani, Crown Prince, Dragon King, Dragons, East Asian, East Sea, Goryeo, Hence, In, In Korean, It, Japanese, Joseon, Korea, Korean
related to China · 27
Dragon → Archaeologist Zhōu Chong-Fa, Bronze Age, Cantonese, China, Chinese, Dongfu, Dragons, East Asian, Emperor, Emperor Shun, He, Huanlong, In, Its, Japanese, Kong Jia, Liulei, Neolithic, One, Pinyin
related to Germanic · 26
Dragon → According, Beowulf, Beowulf's, But, Grímnismál, Gylfaginning, Hymnir, Icelandic, In, In Norse, Jörmungandr, Miðgarð, Miðgarð Serpent, Mjölnir, Norse, Níðhöggr, Old English, Old Norse, Poetic Edda, Prose Edda

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dragons serpent chinese greek one story said many ancient also people god giant sea creature bc water described mythology king

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Dragonis amythical creature found in the folklore of cultures throughout the world0.90text
Dragonis aonomatopoeia of the sound of thunder or lùhng in Cantonese.The Chinese dragon0.90text
the Chineseinstance ofof the Qing dynasty has influenced the impression that China is a dragon in many European countries.KoreaThe Korean dragon is in many ways similar in appearance to other East As…0.80text
Japanese dragonsinstance ofof the Qing dynasty has influenced the impression that China is a dragon in many European countries.KoreaThe Korean dragon is in many ways similar in appearance to other East As…0.80text
the Chineseinstance ofKoreaThe Korean dragon is in many ways similar in appearance to other East Asian dragons0.80text
Japanese dragonsinstance ofKoreaThe Korean dragon is in many ways similar in appearance to other East Asian dragons0.80text
Denis Diderot were already asserting that too much literature had been published on dragonsinstance ofcritical thinkers0.80text
Dragonrelated to Ancient GreeceThe0.60section
Dragonrelated to Ancient GreeceGreek0.60section
Dragonrelated to Ancient GreeceScholar Daniel Ogden0.60section
Dragonrelated to Ancient GreeceIliad0.60section
Dragonrelated to Ancient GreeceAgamemnon0.60section

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