List of dragons in mythology and folklore

This article is about dragons in mythology and folklore. For dragons in fiction, see List of dragons in popular culture.

This is a list of dragons in mythology and folklore.

African dragons

[edit]
West African dragons Aido Wedo The Rainbow Serpent of Dahomey mythology.
Ayida-Weddo A loa in Dahomey mythology who is married to Damballa. Ayida-Weddo is also mentioned in Haitian Vodou.
Damballa A loa featured in West African mythology in addition to African-American Vodou.
Bida A serpent of Soninke mythology. Despite being the protectress of the Soninke, she oppressed the people, which led to her being vanquished by a young warrior, leading to the collapse of the kingdom.
Ninki Nanka A Ninki Nanka is a legendary creature in West African folklore Theres also said to be in Mande folklore a version that inhabits the Niger River an as far as the coasts of Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau called the "Ninimini". Descriptions of the creature vary, but most contend that the animal is reptilian and possibly dragon-like.
Egyptian dragons Apep or Apophis The giant Snake or Serpent of Chaos from Egyptian mythology.
Ouroboros The "tail-eater" snake or serpent.
Jaculus A small mythical serpent or dragon. It can be shown with wings and sometimes has front legs.
Nyanga dragons Kirimu A dragon from the Mwindo Epic. It is described as a large animal with black hide, teeth like a dog, a huge belly, the tail of an eagle and seven horned heads. In the Mwindo Epic, it made a blood pact with Nkuba, the Nyanga lightning god.[1]
Southern African dragons Grootslang An elephant-sized serpent that dwells in a cave in Richtersveld, South Africa. Its name means "big snake" in Afrikaans.
Monyohe A dragon-like serpent in Sotho mythology.
Tsonga dragons Masingi A benevolent healer who resides in a clean dwelling.

European dragons

[edit]

This is a list of European dragons.

Albanian dragons Bolla In the Albanian mythology * Bolla (also known as Bullar in South Albania), is a type of serpentic dragon (or a demonic dragon-like creature) with a long, coiled, serpentine body, four legs and small wings in ancient Albanian folklore. This dragon sleeps throughout the whole year, only to wake on Saint George's Day, where its faceted silver eyes peer into the world. The Bolla does this until it sees a human. It devours the person, then closes its eyes and sleeps again.[2] Bolla was worshiped as the deity Boa by the ancestors of Albanians, Illyrians.[3] Bolla appears in the coat of arms of the House of Bua Shpata.
Kulshedra In its twelfth year, the bolla evolves by growing nine tongues, horns, spines and larger wings. At this time it will learn how to use its formerly hidden fire-breathing abilities, and is now called a kulshedra or kuçedra (hydra). The kuçedra causes droughts and lives off human sacrifices. Kulshedras are killed by Drangue, Albanian winged warriors with supernatural powers. Thunderstorms are conceived as battles between the drangues and the kulshedras.
Dreq Dreq is the dragon (draco) proper. It was demonized by Christianity and now is one of the Albanian names of the devil.
Alpine dragons Tatzelwurm A lizard-like creature, often described as having the face of a cat, with a serpent-like body which may be slender or stubby, with four short legs or two forelegs.
  • Austrian: Tatzelwurm/ Praatzelwurm/ Linwurm/ Stutzn/ Bergstutz
  • Swiss: Stollenwurm/ Tazzelwurm/ Stollwurm
  • Slovenian: Daadzelwurm/ Hockwurm
  • German: Daalzwurm/ Praazlwurm
  • French: Arassas
Catalan dragons Drac 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.
Chuvash dragons Věri Şělen Chuvash dragons are winged fire-breathing and shape shifting dragons, they originate with the ancestral Chuvash people.[4]
Celtic dragons Beithir In Scottish folklore, the beithir is a large snakelike creature or dragon. Depicted with different numbers of limbs, without wings. Instead of fiery breath, Beithir was often associated with lightning.
Y Ddraig Goch
In Welsh mythology, after a long battle (which the Welsh King Vortigern witnesses) a red dragon defeats a white dragon; Merlin explains to Vortigern that the red dragon symbolizes the Welsh, and the white dragon symbolizes the Saxons – thus foretelling the ultimate defeat of the English by the Welsh. The ddraig goch appears on the Welsh national flag.
French dragons Dragon

Authors tend often to present the dragon legends as symbol of Christianity's victory over paganism, represented by a harmful dragon. The French representation of dragons spans much of European history.
Tarasque A fearsome legendary dragon-like mythological hybrid from Provence, tamed by Saint Martha.
Guivre a Dragon like creature from French mythology, with a venomous bite, Guivre meaning wyvern or wyrm, or even serpent which the creatures name is derived from.
Peluda
La Velue, cover of a French pamphlet (1889)
La Velue, cover of a French pamphlet (1889)
 Also known as The Shaggy Beast, or La Velue, a legendary dragon from La Ferté-Bernard that shot deadly quills from its back.
Germanic dragons Wyvern Wyverns are common in medieval heraldry. Their usual blazon is statant. Wyverns are normally shown as dragons with two legs and two wings.
  • 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.
  • Bisterne Dragon, the New Forest folktale states that the dragon lived in Burley, Hampshire, and terrorised the village of Bisterne. It was finally killed in Lyndhurst, Hampshire by Sir Maurice de Berkeley and its body turned into a hill called Boltons Bench. Though the knight survived, the trauma of the battle drove him mad, and soon after he returned to the hill to die, his corpse becoming a yew tree.
  • Blue Ben of Kilve, in West Somerset is said to have once been home to a dragon called Blue Ben which the devil used as a steed. The skull of a fossilised ichthyosaur on display in the local museum is sometimes pointed out as belonging to Blue Ben.
  • Green Dragon of Mordiford, of Herefordshire folklore
  • Dragon of Loschy Hill, of Yorkshire folklore
  • Unnamed dragon defeated by Beowulf and Wiglaf in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf.
Longwitton dragon Of Northumbrian legend.
Worm hill dragon 700 AD the Anglo-Saxons settled and called it "Wruenele" this translates as "Wruen" worm, reptile or dragon and "ele" hill. According to local folklore the hill at Knotlow (Derbyshire) was the lair of a dragon and the terraces around it were made by the coils of its tail. Knotlow is an ancient volcanic vent and this may explain the myth.
Knucker A kind of water dragon, living in knuckerholes in Sussex, England.
St. Leonard's Forest dragons Of Sussex folklore.
Lindworm
Lindworms are serpent-like dragons with either two or no legs. In Germanic heraldry, the lindworm looks the same as a wyvern.
Puk Puk is a serpentine-bodied, four-footed dragon (with sometimes wings), sometimes with many heads, appearing in the legends of Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Germany.
  • Slavic - Krukis
  • Germany - Puk, Puks, Puck
  • Latvia - Pukis
  • Lithuania - Pukys, Kaukas, Kaukas
  • Estonia - Pukje, Pisuhand, Tulihand, Puuk[5]
Greek dragons Drákōn – δράκων
Cadmus fighting the Ismenian dragon (which guarded the sacred spring of Ares) is a legendary story from the Greek lore dating to before c. 560–550 B.C. Greek dragons commonly had a role of protecting important objects or places. For example, the Colchian dragon watched the Golden Fleece and the Nemean dragon guarded the sacred groves of Zeus.[6] The name comes from the Greek "drakeîn" meaning "to see clearly".[7]
Agathodaemon Agathodeamons numinous presence could be represented in art as a serpent in the classical Greek period.
Amphisbaena A mythological, ant-eating serpent with a head at each end.
Hungarian dragons Fernyiges A black dragon that is the lord of dragons.
Sárkány A dragon in human form. Most are giants with more than one head, in which their strength resides. They become weaker as they lose them.

In the contemporary Hungarian language, sárkány is used to mean any kind of dragon.

Zomok A giant winged snake. It often serves as flying mount of the garabonciás (a kind of magician). The sárkánykígyó rules over storms and bad weather.
Italian dragons Tarantasio A dragon that lived in Gerundo Lake between Milan, Lodi and Cremona.
Leonese and Asturian dragons Cuélebre In Asturian and Leonese mythology the Cuélebres are giant winged serpents, which live in caves where they guard treasures and kidnapped xanas. They can live for centuries and, when they grow really old, they use their wings to fly. Their breath is poisonous and they often kill cattle to eat. The Leonese term Cuelebre comes from Latin colŭbra, i.e., snake.
  • It is also a name for a maiden cursed into a dragon in the story of the same name.
Lithuanian dragons Slibinas This dragon is more of a hydra with multiple heads, though sometimes it does appear with one head.
Aitvaras Aitvaras is described as a bird with the appearance of a dragon outdoors. An aitvaras will lodge itself in a house and most often refuse to leave. It brings both good and bad luck to the inhabitants of the house, providing its adopted home with stolen gold and grain, often getting the household into trouble.
Žaltys A household spirit in Lithuanian mythology. Part of prussian, Baltic, Latvian and Lithuanian mythology.
Polish dragons Wawel Dragon
Smok Wawelski from Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia universalis, 1544
 Also known as Smok Wawelski, from Polish folklore, a dragon that lived in a cave on Wawel Hill on the bank of Vistula River in Kraków and was killed by a clever shoemaker's apprentice.
Spanish / Hispanic dragons Coca A mythical ghost-monster, equivalent to the bogeyman, found in many Hispanic or Spanish speaking countries. The Cucuy is a male being while Cuca is a female version of the mythical monster.

In Portuguese mythology coca is a female dragon that fights with Saint George. She loses her strength when Saint George cuts off one of her ears.

The Tarasca/ Coca was originally related to the Tarasque of France.[8]

Romanian dragons Balaur, Zburator Balaur are very similar to the Slavic zmey: very large, with fins and multiple heads.
Slavic dragons Zmey, zmiy, żmij, змей, or zmaj, or drak, or smok
Similar to the conventional European dragon, but multi-headed. They breathe fire and/or leave fiery wakes as they fly. In Slavic and related tradition, dragons symbolize evil. Specific dragons are often given Turkic names (see Zilant), symbolizing the long-standing conflict between the Slavs and Turks. However, in Serbian and Bulgarian folklore, dragons are defenders of the crops in their home regions, fighting against a destructive demon Ala, whom they shoot with lightning.[9][10]
  • Zirnitra, dragon-god in Wendish mythology. It was later used in the Royal Danish heraldry as a representation of Wendland
  • Zmey Gorynych – The dragon of the Slavic mythology. Its name is translated as "snake son-of-mountain" (due to the fact it lives in a mountain), it has three heads, wings, and it spits fire.
  • Chudo-Yudo – The dragon in Slavic mythology. Often multiheaded with any number of heads from three to ninety, it is most often an evil entity that kidnaps royal maidens or endanger the whole cities. Sometimes, he has a body of a giant human with heads of the serpent-like dragon. Most often supernaturally strong, sometimes with fiery breath, he is usually the main evil character in the story, though in some he is actually good or helping. In some versions, he is related to Koshchey the Deathless or Baba Yaga; in others, he is either of these two characters in their different form. Chudo-Yudo has a similarity to Greek Hydra, through to the fact that his head grow back (and sometimes multiply) when cut, so a lot of cunning is needed to beat him.
Tatar dragons Zilant
Similar to a wyvern or cockatrice, the Zilant is the symbol of the city of Kazan. Zilant itself is a Russian rendering of Tatar yılan, i.e., snake. By the Tataro-Bulgarian mythology lived in present-day Kazan and is represented on the city's coat of arms.

Asian dragons

[edit]

West Asian dragons

[edit]
Anatolian dragons Illuyanka Originating from Hittite mythology, a serpentine dragon slain by Tarḫunz.[11]
Ebren The Turkish dragon secretes flames from its tail, and there is no mention in any legends of its having wings, or even legs.
Arabian dragons Al Tinnin It contains 31 stars. It became known to Arabs through translations Greek.
Falak A dragon or serpent of Middle Eastern legend
Bahamut A gigantic cosmic winged sea serpent and later became a dragon via borrowing characteristics from Judeo-Christian Leviathan and Bahamut from modern media.
Armenian dragons Vishap Related to European dragons, usually depicted as a winged snake or with a combination of elements from different animals.[12]
Levantine dragons Yam The god of the sea in the Canaanite pantheon from Levantine mythology.
Lotan A demonic dragon reigning the waters, a servant of the sea god Yam defeated by the storm god Hadad-Baʿal in the Ugaritic Baal Cycle. From Levantine mythology and Hebrew scriptures.
Leviathan A creature with the form of a sea monster from Jewish belief and from Levantine mythology.
Mesopotamian dragons Abzu from Babylonian mythology, sometimes considered dragons. Would have been located in now present-day Iraq and Syria.
Marduk Ruler of the gods and the slayer of Tiamat, then was considered the ruler of all gods.
Mušḫuššu A creature from ancient Mesopotamian mythology found on Ishtar Gate. A mythological hybrid, it is a scaly dragon with hind legs resembling the talons of an eagle, feline forelegs, a long neck and tail, a horned head, a snake-like tongue, and a crest. Name means "reddish snake", sometimes also translated as "fierce snake".
Tiamat From Babylonian mythology, sometimes considered dragons. Would have been located in now present-day Iraq and Syria.
Kur Kur, the first ever dragon from ancient Sumer, now present-day Southern Iraq.
Persian dragons Azhdaha A mythical reptilian creature that derives from Persian folklore, a gigantic snake or lizard-like creatures sometimes associated with rains and living in the air, in the sea, or on the earth.[13] It is said that eating the heart of an Azhdaha brings courage and bravery.
Ur The king of the World of Darkness in Mandaeism,[14] portrayed as a dragon or snake.[15]
Zahhak A dragon or serpent described with three heads, and one of the heads is human.[16] However, in later text Zahhak are described a human with two snakes growing off of each shoulder.[16] Zahhak originate in old Persian and Zoroastrian mythology.[16] In some translated versions of the book Alif Laylah (One Thousand and One Arabian Nights) Zahhak is described as a giant python-like serpent having a hood like cobra.
Agorghan Persians believe they have seven heads.[19]
Ashmog A dragon from Zoroastrian mythology.[20]

South Asian dragons

[edit]
Indian dragons Nāga A serpentine dragon common to all cultures influenced by Hinduism. They are often cloaked like a mongoose and may have several heads depending on their rank. They usually have no arms or legs but those with limbs resemble the Chinese dragon. Many of the naga are more inclined towards larger snakes, not dragons.
  • Apalāla also known as "Naga King", is a water-dwelling dragon in Buddhist mythology and said to live near the Swat River.[21] The dragon was said to have converted to Buddhism.
  • Kaliya nag, from Indian mythology which was defeated by lord Krishna. It is said that Krishna did not kill the snake and left it. The Kaliya Nag is said to have more than 1000 fangs.
  • Bhogavati, "peopled by snakes" in Hindi, is the residence of the Nāga King Varuṇa.
Mahoraga The Mahoraga (Sanskrit: महोरग), also pronounced as Maha-Uraga ("Greater Reptilians") are a race of deities in Buddhism, and Jainism. They are the exalted ones among the Uragas, a race of primordial reptilian beings who are cousins to the nāga. Like the nāga, they are often depicted as anthropomorphic beings with reptilian bodies from the waist down. However, their appearance can differ depending on artistic tradition, sometimes having serpent skin with humanoid bodies.[22]
Vritra Vritra, also known as "Ahi", is a serpent or dragon and is a major asura in Vedic religion. He is the personification of drought, and adversary of Indra the thunder god and king of heaven. He appears as a dragon blocking the course of the rivers and is heroically slain by Indra. The term ahi is cognate with the Zoroastrian Azi Dahaka.
Pakhangba A Manipuri dragon, a giant serpent that relates to humans.
Poubi Lai Poubi Lai (also, Paubi Loi) was an ancient dragon python, who dwelled in the Loktak Lake of Manipur, in Meitei mythology and folklore. It is also referred to as "Loch Ness Monster of Manipur".
Taoroinai Taoroinai (Meitei: ꯇꯥꯎꯔꯣꯢꯅꯥꯢ, romanized: taau-roy-naay) is a snake-like dragon in Meitei mythology and religion. It lived in the land of the Moon. According to the Shakok Lamlen, the Kangla was constructed over the navel of Taoroinai.

Southeast Asian dragons

[edit]
Indonesian/Malay dragons Naga or Nogo
Derived from the Indian nāga, belief in the Indo-Malay dragon spread throughout Maritime Southeast Asia with Hinduism. The word naga is still the common Malay/Indonesian term for dragon.[23] Like its Indian counterpart, the naga is considered divine in nature, benevolent, and often associated with sacred mountains, forests, or certain parts of the sea.[citation needed]. In Indonesia, particularly Javanese and Balinese mythology, a naga is depicted as a crowned, giant, magical serpent, and sometimes winged.
Khmer dragons Neak
The Khmer dragon, or neak is derived from the Indian nāga. Like its Indian counterpart, the neak is often depicted with cobra like characteristics such as a hood. The number of heads can be as high as nine, the higher the number the higher the rank. Odd-headed dragons are symbolic of male energy while even headed dragons symbolize female energy. Traditionally, a neak is distinguished from the often serpentine Makar and Tao, the former possessing crocodilian traits and the latter possessing feline traits. A dragon princess is the heroine of the creation myth of Cambodia.
Filipino dragons Bakunawa The Bakunawa, who was initially a beautiful goddess, appears as a gigantic serpent that lives in the sea. Ancient natives believed that the Bakunawa caused the moon or the sun to disappear during an eclipse. It is said that during certain times of the year, the Bakunawa arises from the ocean and proceeds to swallow the moon whole. To keep the Bakunawa from completely eating the moon, the natives would go out of their houses with pots and pans in hand and make a noise barrage in order to scare the Bakunawa into spitting out the moon back into the sky. The creature is present in Bicolano and Visayan mythologies. It is blocked by the moon goddess Haliya in Bicolano mythology, while in Visayan mythology, it is stopped by the god of death, Sidapa.[24]
Láwû A serpent from Kapampangan mythology which seeks to swallow the moon, and causes lunar eclipses.[25]
Olimaw A winged phantom dragon-serpent from Ilokano mythology. It seeks to swallow the moon.[26]
Sawa A huge serpent monster from Tagalog and Ati mythologies. It attempts to swallow the moon and sun. It is blocked by the god of the sun, Apolaki, and goddess of the moon, Mayari.[27]
Samal Naga A gigantic, trapped dragon in the milky way. It is said that it will be freed and devour all those not faithful to their respective deities in Samal mythology.[28]
Kanlaon dragon A mad dragon which used to live in Mount Kanlaon in Negros Island. According to Hiligaynon mythology, it was defeated by the epic heroes, Laon and Kan.[29]
Vietnamese dragons Rồng or Long A dragon that is represented with a spiral tail and a long fiery sword-fin. Dragons were personified as a caring mother with her children or a pair of dragons. Much like the Chinese Dragon, The Vietnamese Dragon is a water deity responsible for bringing rain during times of drought. Images of the Dragon King have 5 claws, while images of lesser dragons have only 4 claws.

East Asian dragons

[edit]
Chinese dragons Lóng (Lung2 in Wade-Giles romanization.)
 The Chinese dragon, is a creature in Chinese mythology and is sometimes called the Oriental (or Eastern) dragon. Depicted as a long, snake-like creature with four legs, it has long been a potent symbol of auspicious power in Chinese folklore and art. This type of dragon, however, is sometimes depicted as a creature constructed of many animal parts and it might have the fins of fish, or the horns of a stag.
Bashe or Pa snake Bashe was a python-like Chinese mythological giant snake that ate elephants.
Japanese dragons Ikuchi A water dragon youkai in Japanese mythology.
Tatsu Dragon of Japanese mythology, and the master of the water, like the Ryu.
Orochi the eight-headed serpent slain by Susanoo in Japanese mythology.
Kuraokami A Japanese dragon and a deity of rain and snow.
Ryū
Similar to Chinese dragons, with three claws instead of four. They are usually benevolent, associated with water, and may grant wishes.
  • Ryūjin, the dragon god of the sea in Japanese mythology.
Kuzuryū A nine-headed dragon.
Gozuryū A five-headed dragon.[31]
Hai-Riyo The Hai-Riyo are fabulous composites from Japanese mythology[citation needed]. They have the body, claws, and wings of a bird with the head of a dragon.

The Hai-Riyo are related to the Ying-Lung.[32]

Uwabami Often used to describe a giant serpent or giant python in the legends of Japan.[33] During different periods of history, they have been referred to as orochi, daija, and uwabami, but all of these refer to the same creature.
Korean dragons Yong (Mireu) A sky dragon, essentially the same as the Chinese lóng. Like the lóng, yong and the other Korean dragons are associated with water and weather. In pure Korean, it is also known as 'mireu'.
Imoogi A hornless ocean dragon, sometimes equated with a sea serpent. Imoogi literally means, "Great Lizard". The legend of the Imoogi says that the sun god gave the Imoogi their power through a human girl, which would be transformed into the Imoogi on her 17th birthday. Legend also said that a dragon-shaped mark would be found on the shoulder of the girl, revealing that she was the Imoogi in human form.
A mountain dragon. In fact, the Chinese character for this word is also used for the imoogi.
Taiwanese dragons Han Long A dragon that holds the power to cause droughts in Taiwanese folklore.[34]
Tibetan dragons Druk From Tibetan and Himalayan Mythology, a Dragon of Thunder similar to Shenlong in China, this Orb holding serpentine creature lives in the remote areas of Mt. Everest and gives snow and rain to the Tibetan people. Some say they are protectors of Shangrila.
Siberian dragons Erenkyl Erenkyl, the mythical dragon of the Yakuts (Sakha).
Yilbegän Related to European Turkic and Slavic dragons, multi-headed man-eating monster in the mythology of Turkic peoples of Siberia, as well as Siberian Tatars.

Oceanian dragons

[edit]
Polynesian dragons Kihawahine Kihawahine is described as a woman, a giant black lizard, or a dragon with red or auburn hair. She may be missing an eye, lost in a battle with Haumea. Kihawahine is the oldest Aumakua or spiritual helper in Hawaii.
Kalamainuʻu In Hawaiian mythology, Kalamainu'u (alternate spelling Kalanimainu'u) was a lizard goddess.
Mo'o Moʻo are shapeshifting lizard spirits in Hawaiian mythology.
Taniwha In Māori mythology, they are large supernatural beings that live in deep pools in rivers, dark caves, or in the sea, especially in places with dangerous currents or deceptive breakers (giant waves).
Aboriginal Australian dragons Rainbow Serpent A dragon-like deity seen as a giver of life, due to its association with water and rain.

American dragons

[edit]
Native American dragons Piasa Bird A Native American dragon of Illini people. Piasa Bird is a Native American dragon depicted in one of two murals painted by Native Americans on bluffs (cliffsides) above the Mississippi River.
Horned Serpent One of the most common form of native American dragons, a recurring figure among many indigenous tribes of the Southeast Woodlands and other tribal groups.
Mi-ni-wa-tu A dragon-like horned serpent of the Lakota peoples' mythology.
Unhcegila A horned serpent also of Lakota mythology.
Gaasyendietha A lake dragon or serpent of the Great Lakes, found in Seneca mythology.
Palulukon Palulukon is a class of water serpent to the Hopi of North America.[35]
European-American dragons Thevetat American esoteric cosmology and Theosophy of the 19th century.
Cadborosaurus or Caddy A sea serpent in the folklore of regions of the Pacific Coast of North America.
Snallygaster A tentacled dragon of appalachian Maryland.
Mesoamerican dragons Quetzalcoatl From Aztec mythology, has a dragon-like aspect.
Xiuhcoatl A serpent from Aztec mythology.
Kukulkan A Mayan mythological serpent.
Q'uq'umatz A dragon from Mayan K'iche' mythology.
Brazilian dragons Boitatá The name comes from the Old Tupi language and means "fiery serpent" (mboî tatá). Its great fiery eyes leave it almost blind by day, but by night, it can see everything. According to legend, Boi-tatá one was a big serpent which survived a great deluge.
Paraguayan dragons Teju Jagua Teju Jagua from Guaraní mythology is described was a huge lizard with seven dog-like heads, entitled to a "fiery gaze", and being associated as the god of fruits, caves and (more common with the Dragons in Europe) as the protector of hidden treasures.
Inca dragons Amaru Dragon or rather a Chimera of Inca Mythology. It had multiple heads consisting of either a puma's, a condor's, or a llama's head with a fox's muzzle, condor wings, snake's body, fish's tail, and coated in crocodilian or lizard scales. It was found frequently throughout Andean iconography and naming within the empire, and likely predates the rise of the Inca.
Mapuche dragons Ten Ten-Vilu The serpent god of earth and fertility in traditional Mapuche religion. Part of the myth of the Legend of Trentren Vilu and Caicai Vilu.
Coi Coi-Vilu The serpent god of water, and the ruler of the sea in traditional Mapuche religion. Created by the god Ngenechen from his sons after a fight he had with them.

Common dragons with unknown origin

[edit]

Other serpentine creatures in mythology and folklore

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Biebuyck, Daniel; Mateene, Kahombo C.; Kahombo, Mateene (1971). The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga (Zaire). University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-02049-8.
  2. ^ Lurker, Manfred (1984). The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons, Taylor & Francis e-Library. p.35
  3. ^ Evans, A.; Destani, B.D. (2006). Ancient Illyria: An Archaeological Exploration. I. B. Tauris. p. 18. ISBN 9781845111670. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  4. ^ "8 Types Of Dragons You Have Never Heard Of". Listverse. 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
  5. ^ "Puk / Puks / Puck / Pukis / Pukys / Pukje / Puuk / Kaukas / Krukis / Pisuhand / Tulihand | Dragon Species | Basic Dragon Information | The Circle of the Dragon". blackdrago.com. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  6. ^ "Dragons of Ancient Greek Mythology THEOI.COM". theoi.com. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  7. ^ "dragon Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about dragon". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  8. ^ "Tarasca / Coca | Dragon Species | Basic Dragon Information | The Circle of the Dragon". blackdrago.com. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  9. ^ Зечевић, Слободан (1981). Митска бића српских предања. Belgrade: "Вук Караџић" : Етнографски музеј. (A book in Serbian about mythical creatures of Serbian traditions)
  10. ^ Беновска-Събкова, Милена. "Змей". Родово Наследство. Archived from the original on 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2007-08-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) (An extract from the book Змеят в българския фолклор (The Dragon in Bulgarian Folklore), in Bulgarian)
  11. ^ Leick, Gwendolyn (1998). A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology. London, England: Psychology Press. p. 85. ISBN 9780415198110 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Kuehn, Sara (2011). The Dragon in Medieval East Christian and Islamic Art. Brill. pp. 29. ISBN 9789004209725.
  13. ^ "AŽDAHĀ". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  14. ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
  15. ^ Aldihisi, Sabah (2008). The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba (PhD). University College London.
  16. ^ a b c Bane, Theresa (2014). Encyclopedia of Demons in World Religions and Cultures. McFarland. p. 335. ISBN 978-0786488940.
  17. ^ Zamyād Yasht, Yasht 19 of the Younger Avesta (Yasht 19.19). Translated by Helmut Humbach, Pallan Ichaporia. Wiesbaden. 1998.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  18. ^ The Zend-Avesta, The Vendidad. The Sacred Books of the East Series. Vol. 1. Translated by James Darmesteter. Greenwood Publish Group. 1972. ISBN 0837130700.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  19. ^ "Enter the Dragon". Lapham's Quarterly. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  20. ^ Bane, Theresa (2016). Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. McFarland & Company. p. 43. ISBN 9780786495054 – via Google Books.
  21. ^ "Between Buddha and naga king: Enter the yin and yang of the Swat River". The Express Tribune. 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  22. ^ Nishigori, Ryosuke. Tenbu no Butsuzo Jiten. Tokyo Bijutsu, 1983
  23. ^ "dragon." kamus.net. 2010. http://www.kamus.net/result.php?w=en-usa&q=dragon&submit=Search&e=0 (29 June 2011).
  24. ^ "A Compendium of Creatures from Philippine Folklore & Mythology  • THE ASWANG PROJECT". 22 February 2016.
  25. ^ "Lauo, Serpent of the Blood Moon | Philippine Mythology". The Aswang Project. September 2016. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  26. ^ "A Compendium of Creatures & Mythical Beings from Philippine Folklore & Mythology". The Aswang Project. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  27. ^ Gaverza, Karl (2018-01-27). "Sawa". Philippine Spirits. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  28. ^ "The Imprisoned Naga, An Explanation of the Milky Way | Philippine Myth". The Aswang Project. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  29. ^ "Legends of Mount Kanlaon, Negros Island, Negrense Mythology". The Aswang Project. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  30. ^ Sun, Xiaochun (1997). Helaine Selin (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 360, 517. ISBN 0-7923-4066-3. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  31. ^ "御祭神". gozuryu.com. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  32. ^ "Hai-Riyo / Tobi Tatsu / Schachi Hoko | Dragon Species | Basic Dragon Information | The Circle of the Dragon". blackdrago.com. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  33. ^ "Uwabami | Dragon Species | Basic Dragon Information | The Circle of the Dragon". blackdrago.com. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  34. ^ 何, 敬堯 (2017). 妖怪臺灣：三百年島嶼奇幻誌‧妖鬼神遊卷. Taipei, Taiwan: LinkingBooks. ISBN 9789570848533 – via Google Books.
  35. ^ "Palulukon | Dragon Species | Basic Dragon Information | The Circle of the Dragon". blackdrago.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.

Further reading

[edit]
  • Barber, Elizabeth Wayland, and Paul T. Barber. "Fire-Breathing Dragons." In When They Severed Earth from Sky: How the Human Mind Shapes Myth, 231–44. PRINCETON; OXFORD: Princeton University Press, 2004. doi:10.2307/j.ctt7rt69.22.
  • Blust, Robert. "The Origin of Dragons." Anthropos 95, no. 2 (2000): 519–36. www.jstor.org/stable/40465957.
  • Stein, Ruth M. "The Changing Styles in Dragons—from Fáfnir to Smaug." Elementary English 45, no. 2 (1968): 179–89. www.jstor.org/stable/41386292.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_dragons_in_mythology_and_folklore&oldid=1254883464"