being

European dragon

Beings · Myth & story

A winged fire-beast of later European story, kin to older serpents and to hoards. Resembles the Chinese dragon as a large reptile in art, not as a theology.

Also known as wyrm

European folklore

  • European dragon is historically related to Serpent.

    European dragons inherit older serpent-combat stories. A wyrm is not automatically a Chinese lóng and not Quetzalcoatl.

    historically related to · interpretive · culturally specific

  • European dragon is associated with Fire.

    Later European dragons burn. A story-beast, not a Chinese rain-lóng.

    associated with · interpretive · culturally specific

Chinese tradition

  • Chinese dragon resembles European dragon.

    Both are large reptilian beings in art. Rain-and-river lóng and the hoarding wyrm are not one dragon theology.

    resembles · interpretive · culturally specific