Species: eastern dragon

A type of dragon most commonly seen in East Asian mythology, known as lóng in Chinese, ryū in Japanese, ryong in Korean, and sometimes called a noodle dragon.

They are characterized by a long serpentine body, a mustache (or flesh whiskers / barbels) and antlers. Eastern dragons tend to also have a more or less avian style foot structure, and if they have scales they will sometimes be fish-like rather than reptilian. A mane or fin along the length of the spine is also a fairly common feature to dragons of this type, who are additionally usually wingless yet still capable of flight.

With few exceptions, eastern dragons are traditionally benevolent and regarded as deities. In mythology, they are often personifications of elements (e.g. water, light) or geological forms & conditions (e.g. rain, mountains). Eastern dragons are additionally strongly associated with both luck and nobility. These associations tend to be visualized as extra digits on the feet(and/or wings) or additional sets of legs beyond the usual two pairs in older media.

While eastern dragons tend to be benevolent, there are rare examples of malevolent ones, a famous one being the Yamata-no-Orochi of Japanese myth.

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The following tags are aliased to this tag: asian_dragon, chinese_dragon, japanese_dragon, noodle_dragon, oriental_dragon (learn more).

This tag implicates dragon (learn more).

The following tags implicate this tag: eastern_dragon_humanoid, eastern_dragon_taur (learn more).

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