In thepantheonof theDungeons and Dragonsroleplaying game, we have the good dragon Bahamut and the evil dragon Tiamat. Bahamut, the dragon god of justice, takes his name from Bahamut, a creature from pre-Islamic Arab mythology who is described as a gigantic fish that holds up the world. Tia...
His reputation as an intelligent and learned scholar grew even while he was living in relative seclusion, earning him the nickname "Wolong" or "Fulong", meaning "Crouching Dragon" or "Sleeping Dragon". Zhuge Liang is often depicted wearing a Taoist robe and holding a hand fan made of crane...
remainder of her life in Fall River before dying of pneumonia, aged 66, just days before the death of her sister, Emma. Borden and her association with the murders has remained a topic in American popular culture mythology into the 21st century, and she has been depicted in various films,...
Perseus, however, stole their eye and tooth, forcing them to help in his quest to find and kill Medusa. See also Greek Mythology ; Medusa ; Perseus . immortal able to live forever * See Names and Places at the end of this volume for further information. ...
and the cycle of life. This symbol has appeared in Gnosticism and Hermeticism and most notably in alchemy in the shape of an emblematic serpent or a dragon that expresses the unity of all things both material and spiritual which changes form in an eternal cycle of total destruction and re-...
The children's names were Nan and Dan, and the woman's name was Sally. But though they had Earth names they were of the fairy-kind,—called in the Forest "Blue ...— The Little House in the Fairy Wood • Ethel Cook Eliot Read full book for free!... man went away into his ...
on which squats an animal called kong. This creature in Chinese mythology is supposed to be born of the dragon and good at keeping watch. It is generally referred to as the "stone lion." The four kong at Tian'anmen have different names, the two in front facing south and with their ...
on which squats an animal called kong. This creature in Chinese mythology is supposed to be born of the dragon and good at keeping watch. It is generally referred to as the "stone lion." The four kong at Tian'anmen have different names, the two in front facing south and with their ...
Btw, the name “dragon kings” has got to be the best name for any statistical phenomena I have run into.Mike Sandifer 9. December 2010 at 08:17 Scott, you replied: “Mike Sandifer, I can’t tell if we disagree over anything substantive, or are just arguing over semantics. Unless ...
Anyway, the Japanese line inPokemonis also unique enough that it could easily be used as a special catchphrase across the series, so I assume it’s used in all the later games too. If anyone can get a screenshot of this line in the Japanese version ofPokemon X/Y, post it in the ...